The health of each giant panda is the top priority in our breeding and management. In captivity, there are a certain number of births of giant pandas over 20 years old. Although estrus comes in the natural order of things even at an advanced age, we observe the behavior of the animals and the reactions of the pairs to each other, and make the best decisions for the animals by placing the highest priority on their health condition.

　It is also known that if giant panda children spend too little time with their parents, they may not be able to communicate with other pandas when they reach the appropriate age for breeding, or they may abandon their children because they do not know how to raise them when they give birth and become parents. Therefore, at Adventure World, we cherish the time that parents and children spend together, and we provide time for the children to spend with their parents until they reach the age of one to one and a half years old. By playing with their parents at all ages, the children learn how to interact with their partners, how to eat and how to eat by themselves. After this period, they play alone, eat more and spend more time sleeping and sleeping alone, and gradually spend less and less time with their parents and go off on their own.

　Giant pandas are solitary animals. By the time they are one to two years old, they are separated from their parents and live on their own. As twins, they stay with their siblings as young animals, but as adults they become territorial and fight over food and territory. In animals that live alone, such as the giant panda, the separation of parents and children is sudden and unexpected. The mother suddenly changes her behavior toward the children, becoming aggressive, driving them out of their territory, and encouraging them to leave alone. In the wild, the children leave to escape from their parents, but in captivity, such as at Adventure World, there is a limit to how far they can escape.

　At Adventure World, we decide when to allow children to stand on their own, based on the amount of time parents and children spend apart and whether or not the children are able to live off of bamboo even when separated from their parents. We support the child's independence step by step, placing the safety of the parent and child as our top priority.