Three rare oriental white storks were released into the wild on June 17 on the banks of Poyang Lake, China's largest freshwater lake in the eastern province of Jiangxi, after being rescued more than two months ago.

Oriental white storks are under first-class state protection in China. Only slightly more than 3,000 of them are left in the world.

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