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Xiao Liang

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Xiao Liang is a male giant panda born on 2019-07-10 at Dalian Zoo. His studbook number, recorded by the China Giant Panda Studbook managed by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, is 1305. He is one of the few giant pandas permanently housed outside of Sichuan province’s core panda conservation range, in northeast China’s Liaoning province. He is the offspring of Bing Bing and Le Le. Both of his parents are captive-bred giant pandas previously transferred to Dalian Zoo under China’s national captive giant panda breeding cooperation program. His birth was the result of a planned captive mating designed to maintain genetic diversity in the global giant panda population. Currently living at Dalian Zoo, he participates in public education programming for giant panda conservation and routine captive health monitoring. Zoo staff collect regular data on his feeding behavior and activity patterns to share with the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center, supporting long-term population management research. As a young adult giant panda, Xiao Liang shows typical foraging behavior, spending 10 to 12 hours daily feeding on bamboo provided by his caretakers. He is a popular attraction for domestic tourists visiting Dalian Zoo, helping to raise public awareness of giant panda conservation. Captive individuals like Xiao Liang serve as important ambassadors for wild giant panda protection, supporting global efforts to preserve the species and its mountain forest habitat.