2002年1月24日,妞妞被乒乓球女子世界冠军张怡宁认养,成了北京动物园最幸福的熊猫。 张怡宁是从电视上得知北京动物园缺乏资金,小动物们生活遭遇困难的。从小就喜欢动物的张怡宁有点坐不住了,当听说北京动物园开始试行认养程序后,马不停蹄地拉着妈妈赶去办理手续,捐了一万块钱,认养了大熊猫,并取名为妞妞。 On January 24, 2002, Niuniu was adopted by Zhang Yining, a world champion table tennis women’s world, and became the happiest panda in Beijing Zoo. Zhang Yi-ning learned from Beijing that Beijing Zoo lacked funds and that small animals encountered difficulties in their lives. Zhang Yining, who liked animals as a child, was a bit sluggish. When he heard that Beijing Zoo started trial adoption program, he took her mother to go through formalities and donated ten thousand dollars to adopt the giant panda and named him niu .