Jia Jia (giant panda)

Jia Jia (Chinese: 佳佳; 28 July 1978 – 16 October 2016) was a female giant panda who resided at Ocean Park Hong Kong. At the time of her death at age 38, she was the oldest giant panda in captivity.^[1]

Jia Jia

Species	Giant panda
Sex	Female
Born	(1978-07-28)28 July 1978 Sichuan province
Died	16 October 2016(2016-10-16) (aged 38) Ocean Park Hong Kong

Jia Jia was born in the wilderness of Sichuan province and was rescued^[2] in Qingchuan County around the age of two. She was housed in Wolong National Nature Reserve before being transferred to Hong Kong in 1999, as a gesture to the territory following the British handover. At the time of her death, she had high blood pressure, arthritis, and cataracts.^[1][3]

See also

• An An
• List of giant pandas
• List of individual bears