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Wen Yu

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Wen Yu is a female giant panda born on 2016-08-15 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. This facility, located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China, is a leading global center for giant panda captive breeding and research. Wen Yu is recorded as studbook number 1255 in the international giant panda studbook system, and she remains alive as of 2024. She is the offspring of Xi Wang, a male giant panda, and Ye Ye, a female giant panda. Both of her parents were born and raised in captivity at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, and both are registered participants in the coordinated captive breeding program for the species. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, she participates in the base’s public education and species conservation programs. As a mature adult female, she is also part of the managed captive breeding network coordinated by China’s National Forestry and Grassland Administration, which works to maintain genetic diversity for the giant panda population. Wen Yu displays typical giant panda foraging behavior, spending approximately 12 to 14 hours daily consuming bamboo. She is a popular attraction for domestic and international visitors to the Chengdu base, helping to raise public awareness about giant panda conservation. As a genetically valuable member of the captive population, she contributes to long-term conservation goals for the species, which was downgraded from Endangered to Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List in 2016 due to decades of coordinated conservation work.