In the heart of China's Yangtze River basin, a creature rarer than the giant panda fights for survival. The Yangtze finless porpoise, driven to near extinction by habitat loss and pollution, has been the focus of urgent conservation efforts. CGTN reporter Liu Jiaxin joined scientists and local guardians on a mission to track these elusive porpoise and learn why saving them means so much. (CGTN)
3000 Chinese sturgeons have been released into the Yangtze River in the city of Yichang in Hubei in an attempt to try to increase stocks. It has implanted sonar marks into 61 selected sturgeons this year in order to trace and monitor their movements. Experts say they haven't detected natural reproduction of the species in the Yangtze River for two consecutive years, indicating the species are facing the danger of extinction.
Wildlife advocates cheered the removal of "chiru" (Tibetan antelopes) from the endangered species list, but pledged to continue campaigning. A joint report by the Ministry of Environmental Protection and the Chinese Academy of Sciences, published in June, announced that the Tibetan antelope was no longer an endangered species.
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