China's second generation of artificially-bred Yangtze finless porpoise was named Han Bao after days of online name-collecting, voting and experts' selecting in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, Oct. 25, 2022. Han Bao is now two years old and weighs about 140 kg. (Photo provided by Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wuhan Baiji Conservation Foundation)
China's second generation of artificially-bred Yangtze finless porpoise was named Han Bao after days of online name-collecting, voting and experts' selecting in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province on Monday.
The name-collecting campaign for the calf was launched on Oct. 13, and 1,211 names (excluding duplicate names) have been received as of Oct. 18.
The male calf was born on June 3, 2020 and code named YYc because YY is the abbreviation of his mother's name Yang Yang and c means calf.
His mother was transferred from Poyang Lake and his father Tao Tao, was the first artificially-bred finless porpoise worldwide.
Han Bao turns two this year and weighs about 140 kg, said Hao Yujiang, a researcher at the Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. (Ecns.cn)
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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