On June 27, 2022, Yangtze finless porpoise Fujiu gave birth to F9C22, marking an achievement in artificial breeding and reproduction of the species. (Xinhua/Xiao Yijiu)
Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 (R) swims with its mother at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 swims at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 (front) swims with its mother at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
A keeper feeds Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 swims with its family at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 swims at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 swims at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
A keeper feeds Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
A keeper feeds Yangtze finless porpoise F9C22 at the Institute of Hydrobiology (IHB) of Chinese Academy of Sciences in Wuhan, central China's Hubei Province, June 27, 2023. F9C22, the first second-generation artificially-bred female Yangtze finless porpoise, turned one year old on Tuesday.
There are estimated to be only around 1,000 of the endangered finless porpoise remaining in the wild and numbers are thought to be declining by more than 12% a year.Coordinated efforts to prevent the species from suffering the same fate as the Baiji or Yangtze river dolphin began in the 1990s, when finless porpoises were taken from the Yangtze river and put into oxbow lakes alongside the main channel.While numbers plummeted in the main river, the population in the oxbows slowly increased, proving that the species could thrive when relocated to more secure areas.
Only around 1,000 finless porpoises live in the Yangtze River and two lakes linked to the busy waterway. The government has been trying to increase the finless porpoise population by breeding in reserves. A female Yangtze finless porpoise, successfully gave birth to a newborn on May 22nd, 2016, in a floating net cage located in the Tian-E-Zhou Baiji National Natural Reserve. This proves to be the first successful breeding of caged Yangtze finless porpoises in the natural waters.
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