Lun Lun
Lun Lun is a female giant panda who lived at Zoo Atlanta in Atlanta, Georgia. The panda, now, was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China on August 25, 1997. Her original name, Hua Hua, was changed to Lun Lun by her sponsor, the Taiwanese rock star Su Huilun.
Lun Lun has given birth to Mei Lan, Xi Lan, Po, twins Mei Lun and Mei Huan and twins Ya Lun and Xi Lun.
In 2024, Lun Lun and the zoo's three other pandas returned to China.
Offspring
Mei Lan in 2006
On September 6, 2006, at 4:51 p.m EDT, Lun Lun and mate Yang Yang became the parents of a female cub, named Mei Lan, who made his debut in early 2007. After Mei Lan had been returned to China, officials realized that Mei Lan was actually a male.It is heavily rumored by Chinese panda bloggers and super fans that Mei Lan is the father of numerous cubs, including some of the most famous in China: JiXiao, twins ChengFeng and ChengLang, twins HeHua and HeYe and Beijing Zoo celebrity Meng Lan. Meng Lan gained even more popularity when he briefly escaped his yard at the Beijing Zoo in 2021.
Xi Lan and Po
On August 30, 2008, at 10:10pm EDT she gave birth to a second cub, a male, named Xi Lan.On November 3, 2010, at 5:39 a.m. EDT, Lun Lun gave birth to her third cub, Po, believed to be a male.