Gong Gong
贡贡
12 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Gong Gong is a male giant panda born on 2013-08-18 at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Hi...
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Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
zoo Haikou, China
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden, located in Xiuying District, Haikou, Hainan Province, is China's southernmost large-scale integrated wildlife and botanical conservation institution, positioned at the northern edge of the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park ecological corridor. The park's ex-situ conservation collection includes over 200 rare animal species, such as the *Nomascus hainanus* (Hainan gibbon, IUCN Critically Endangered, CITES Appendix I), *Cervus eldii hainanus* (Hainan Eld's deer, IUCN Endangered), *Pavo muticus* (Green peafowl, IUCN Endangered), and the iconic giant pandas *Ailuropoda melanoleuca* Gonggong and Shunshun, which were transferred from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in 2018. Its botanical collection preserves over 1,000 tropical plant species,
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Pandas connected to this place
11 pandas recorded
Currently at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
The pandas currently recorded at this institution.
Hai Hai
海海
7 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hai Hai (海海, studbook #1309) is a male giant panda born on 2018-07-29 at Hainan Zoo. He currently lives at Hainan Zoo. H...
View profileHai Ning
海宁
5 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hai Ning is a male giant panda born on 2020-08-30 at Hainan Zoo. He holds studbook number 1350 for the global captive gi...
View profileHai Tao
海涛
6 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hai Tao is a male giant panda born on 2019-07-25 at Hainan Zoo. He is registered under studbook number 1332 in the globa...
View profileHai Xing
海星
4 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hai Xing is a male giant panda born on 2021-09-15 at Hainan Zoo. His studbook number is 1368, registered through the Chi...
View profileHai Yun
海云
4 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hai Yun is a male giant panda born on 2021-10-25 at Hainan Zoo. He is recorded as number 1386 in the official Chinese gi...
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Pandas whose birth place is recorded as Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden.
Hai Hai
海海
7 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hai Hai (海海, studbook #1309) is a male giant panda born on 2018-07-29 at Hainan Zoo. He currently lives at Hainan Zoo. H...
View profileHai Ning
海宁
5 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hai Ning is a male giant panda born on 2020-08-30 at Hainan Zoo. He holds studbook number 1350 for the global captive gi...
View profileHai Tao
海涛
6 years old
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hai Tao is a male giant panda born on 2019-07-25 at Hainan Zoo. He is registered under studbook number 1332 in the globa...
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Archive timeline at Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
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The Ultimate Panda Documentary Guide: 50+ Films Every Panda Lover Needs to Watch
A curated global guide to over 50 panda documentaries spanning seven decades, seven thematic categories, and ten countries — from Pan Wenshi's raw Qinling field recordings in the 1990s to the 2024 Korean theatrical release Goodbye, Grandpa. Every film is verified, reviewed, and linked to the real pandas, keepers, and breeding centers behind the footage.
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How to Become a Panda Keeper: More Than Just Shoveling Poo
Becoming a panda keeper is statistically harder than gaining admission to many elite universities — annual acceptance rates at the Chengdu Research Base are below 5%. This article explores the education, physical demands, emotional resilience, and daily realities of panda keeping, featuring interviews with keepers who describe their work as 'the most difficult, least glamorous, and most meaningful job in animal care.'
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Bifengxia Base: The First Stop for Every Returning Overseas Panda
Nestled in the misty mountains above Ya'an, Sichuan, the Bifengxia Panda Base is the quiet epicenter of the global panda diaspora — the place every overseas-born panda first encounters when it returns to China. With its cool climate, abundant bamboo, and specialized quarantine facilities, Bifengxia has processed every major panda homecoming of the modern era, from Tai Shan in 2010 to Fu Bao in 2024.
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Coordinates: 19.7431 N, 110.2361 E
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About Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden
Hainan Tropical Wildlife Park and Botanical Garden, located in Xiuying District, Haikou, Hainan Province, is China's southernmost large-scale integrated wildlife and botanical conservation institution, positioned at the northern edge of the Hainan Tropical Rainforest National Park ecological corridor. The park's ex-situ conservation collection includes over 200 rare animal species, such as the Nomascus hainanus (Hainan gibbon, IUCN Critically Endangered, CITES Appendix I), Cervus eldii hainanus (Hainan Eld's deer, IUCN Endangered), Pavo muticus (Green peafowl, IUCN Endangered), and the iconic giant pandas Ailuropoda melanoleuca Gonggong and Shunshun, which were transferred from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in 2018. Its botanical collection preserves over 1,000 tropical plant species,