Overview

• ZooParc de Beauval confirmed Huan Huan and Yuan Zi will depart for the Chengdu Conservation Center around November 25, 2025.
• The decision was made in consultation with Chinese authorities under the international panda conservation and breeding program.
• The female, Huan Huan, has a chronic renal condition, and the transfer aims to prevent a potential decline in her health.
• Yuan Zi will accompany Huan Huan to China, while their four-year-old twin daughters Huanlili and Yuandudu will remain at Beauval for now.
• The plan advances a previously extended stay that ran to January 2027, and the zoo has set up a visitor mailbox to leave messages before the departure.