Recently, China has seen a rebound in the population of several endangered animal species in different areas.

Herds of wild red deer were spotted grazing in the Luanheyuan National Forest Park in north China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Red deer, which are under second-class state protection in China, mainly live on forest edges and in mountain grassland areas. They can adapt to severe weather and can live in temperatures as low as minus 40 degrees Celsius.

Moreover, three snow leopards were seen wandering in the Sanjiangyuan National Park in northwest China's Qinghai Province. One snow leopard is seen descending a mountain slope towards two other leopards. The species is under first-class state protection in China, the highest protection level, and their global population is classified as "vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

In addition to the two mammal species, a flock of red-crowned cranes was observed having flight training supervised by program staff in Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve in east China's Jiangsu Province. Red-crowned cranes are under first-class protection in China.

"The flying training is quite similar to a wild adult crane's lesson to its offspring. Usually after three to four months of training, they will be fully capable of flying on their own. As they grow older, the length of training time will be adjusted, and they will gradually fly higher and longer," said Jiang Guanhong, a breeder at the Yancheng Wetland Rare Birds National Nature Reserve.

Besides, the first group of migrating whooper swans returned from their northern breeding grounds to a national nature reserve in Rongcheng City in east China's Shandong Province. Whooper swans are a second-class state protected species in China and are one of the highest-flying birds in the world, reaching altitudes of 8,230 meters (27,000 feet) above sea level.

(Cover image via CFP)

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