Wildlife Thrives in China’s Protected Areas

CCTV News: A group of special “guests” – Mongolian wild donkeys – have arrived on the Sonid Grassland in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia, adding vitality to the vast grassland.

The Mongolian wild donkey is a first-class protected animal in China and is also a near-threatened species in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. It looks like a mule, with a size between a domestic donkey and a domestic horse. It can reach 260 cm in length and weighs about 250 kg. It has keen vision, hearing and smell. They gallop in groups on the grassland, becoming a beautiful landscape on the grassland. In recent years, with the steady recovery of the grassland ecological environment and the gradual increase in vegetation, more and more national key protected wild animals have chosen the Sunite grassland as their habitat.

Giant Pandas Spotted in Longnan, Gansu

Recently, an infrared camera in the Baishuijiang Park of the Giant Panda National Park captured an interesting scene. A wild giant panda taking a walk was very curious about the infrared camera installed on a tree trunk. It approached the camera, looked and smelled, and even blew a breath at the camera. Since this year, the Baishuijiang Park has frequently captured giant panda activities. Currently, there are 110 wild giant pandas in the park.

Record Number of Black-Necked Cranes in Gansu Yanchiwan Nature Reserve

Recently, the Yanchiwan Conservation Station of the Gansu Yanchiwan National Nature Reserve Management Center carried out population monitoring of black-necked cranes and recorded a total of 281 black-necked cranes, including 104 adult cranes, 44 young cranes, and 133 sub-adults. The total number increased by 43 compared with last year, and it is also the largest number since the monitoring began in 2014.

Ecological protection efforts are constantly increasing, and their habitats are becoming more and more numerous and more beautiful.