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Da Shuang
大双
- Life status
- Living
- Born
In 1999, Da Shuang was symbolically adopted through a giant panda sponsorship program by Guangdong Sibao Stainless Steel Products Co., Ltd. and given the name “Sibao.” The arrangement made the company the first private enterprise in China to sponsor a giant panda through such a program. Da Shuang and Xiao Shuang are twin siblings born in 1997.
- Sex
- Female
- Studbook number
- 453
- Current place
- Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
No photograph is available yet.
Timeline
10 recorded events
Born at the Chengdu Panda Base
Da Shuang was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding on September 1, 1997.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Was sponsored and named Sibao
On September 18, 1999, Leye Stainless Steel Products Factory, the predecessor of Sibao, sponsored Da Shuang through a 20-year giant panda symbolic adoption program and gave her the name “Sibao.” The arrangement made the company the first private enterprise in China to sponsor a giant panda through such a program.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth to Shuang'er and also helped nurse Jiaozi’s twins
Da Shuang gave birth to her son Shuang'er on August 30, 2006. That same year, with supplemental formula feeding, she also helped nurse the twins born to Jiaozi.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth to Shuangqing
Da Shuang gave birth to a male cub, Shuangqing, on August 25, 2008.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth to Qiqi
Da Shuang gave birth to a female cub, Qiqi, on September 28, 2009.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth to twin daughters Shuangxin and Shuangxi
Da Shuang gave birth to twin daughters Shuangxin and Shuangxi on August 9, 2011.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth to Shuanghao
Da Shuang gave birth to a male cub, Shuanghao, on July 29, 2014.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Gave birth to Shuangxiong
Da Shuang gave birth to a male cub, Shuangxiong, on August 5, 2016.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Left Chengdu for Suzhou Forest Animal World with You Bang
Da Shuang left the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding with You Bang on March 30, 2018, for Suzhou Forest Animal World, where they took part in public education activities.
Suzhou Forest Animal World
- Year only
Returned to the Chengdu Panda Base after ending her Suzhou exhibition stay
Da Shuang ended her exhibition stay in Suzhou in late March 2022 and returned to the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding for her later years.
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Relationships
Offspring8
Places
Current place
Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
Read more about its time in different places in the Timeline.
Sources
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- www.sohu.comhttps://www.sohu.com/a/250610703_482368
Event source
- www.jfdaily.comhttps://www.jfdaily.com/wx/detail.do?id=589887
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