Yang Yang (Atlanta giant panda)

Yang Yang (Chinese: 洋洋, meaning: "little sea") (b. 9 September 1997) is a male giant panda who lived at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. He is the mate to Lun Lun and the father to Mei Lan, Xi Lan, Po, twins Mei Lun and Mei Huan,^[1] and twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun.

Yang Yang in December 2006

Yang Yang was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and was on loan to Zoo Atlanta from November 1999^[2] to late 2024. He was originally named Jiu Jiu, until his "adoption" by three organizations in the Netherlands.^[1]

In 2024, Yang Yang, Lun Lun, and their offspring still living at the zoo were returned to China.^[3]

See also

• Yang Yang (disambiguation)
• List of giant pandas
• List of individual bears