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Qiaoyuan
硗远
- Life status
- Deceased
- Born
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- Died
Qiaoyuan’s life passed through several very different stages: rescue from the wild, release back into the mountains, and later a return to human care. She was rescued in Baoxing, Sichuan, when she was young and was released into the wild from Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve in 2001. She later returned to managed care and also spent time in Qingdao under the name “Yangyang.”
- Sex
- Female
- Studbook number
- 416
No photograph is available yet.
Timeline
8 recorded events
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Rescued in Baoxing
Rescued in Baoxing County, Sichuan, in December 1993. She was estimated to have been born in 1993.
Released into the wild
Released into the wild by the Fengtongzhai Nature Reserve administration in Baoxing County on September 2, 2001.
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Transferred to Bifengxia Panda Base
Transferred to the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in September 2003 for continued care.
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Moved to Qingdao for exhibition
Moved to Qingdao Forest Wildlife World in 2004, where she was exhibited under the name “Yangyang.”
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Returned from Qingdao
Ended her stay in Qingdao in 2010 and returned to the Bifengxia Panda Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.
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Moved to Dujiangyan Base for retirement
Moved to the Dujiangyan Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in 2014 for retirement care.
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Received treatment for serious illness
Received continuing treatment from December 2025 for severe cardiac dysfunction, extensive ascites and irreversible kidney disease.
Died after medical treatment
Died at 6:20 a.m. on July 24, 2026, after treatment was unable to save her. She was 33 years old.
Relationships
No family information has been added yet.
Places
The available information does not yet identify a specific place.
Read more about its time in different places in the Timeline.
Sources
These are sources related to this panda. Sources for individual events appear in the timeline; one source does not establish every detail.
- www.chinanews.com.cnhttps://www.chinanews.com.cn/sh/2026/08-06/10673112.shtml
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- www.thepaper.cnhttps://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_33730839
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- news.bjd.com.cnhttps://news.bjd.com.cn/2023/02/24/10347410.shtml
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- pandapia.comhttps://pandapia.com/panda/view.html?id=NzM2
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- www.sohu.comhttps://www.sohu.com/a/771727480_120934370
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- epaper.qingdaonews.comhttps://epaper.qingdaonews.com/html/qdzb/20200604/qdzb1341842.html
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- m.thepaper.cnhttps://m.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_33730839
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