Hua Jiao

华姣

Life status: Living
Born: July 6, 2013

Hua Jiao was prepared for a return to the wild from birth. After she was born at Hetaoping Wild Training Base in 2013, she remained with her mother Caocao for rewilding training and later spent about seven months living independently in a rewilding environment. On November 19, 2015, she was released into Liziping, becoming the fifth giant panda released into the wild by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.

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Sex: Female
Studbook number: 866
Current place: Liziping National Nature Reserve

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Timeline

4 recorded events

2013-07-06
Born at Hetaoping and began rewilding training
Hua Jiao was born at Hetaoping Wild Training Base on July 6, 2013, and entered the first stage of rewilding training with her mother.
Hetaoping Wild Training Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
2015-04-21
Entered second-stage training at Tiantaishan
Hua Jiao moved into the large wild-training enclosure at Tiantaishan on April 21, 2015, beginning the second stage of rewilding training.
Tiantaishan Wild Training Area
2015-11-19
Released into the wild at Liziping
Hua Jiao was released into Liziping National Nature Reserve on November 19, 2015.
Liziping National Nature Reserve
2016Year only
Monitoring confirmed she was doing well in the wild
Post-release monitoring in 2016 confirmed that Hua Jiao was doing well in the wild at Liziping and was using a relatively small home range.
Liziping National Nature Reserve