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Ke Ke

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Ke Ke is a female giant panda born on 2024-01-01 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. She is registered under studbook number 1418, and is recognized as a captive-born giant panda by global giant panda conservation coordination frameworks. She is the offspring of Wu Wen and Xi Dou, two adult captive-bred giant pandas housed at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Her birth followed standard captive breeding protocols designed to maintain genetic diversity for the species. Currently living at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Wenchuan, Sichuan, she participates in the center’s long-term giant panda breeding and behavioral research programs. This center is the world’s largest captive giant panda breeding facility, and works to advance giant panda conservation science. As a young captive giant panda, Ke Ke displays typical juvenile foraging and exploratory behaviors common to the species. Her birth supports the genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population, which informs ongoing conservation efforts to reintroduce giant pandas to protected native habitats in the Qinling and Minshan Mountains. Her presence also supports public education about giant panda conservation at the center’s visitor programs.