Will Captive Breeding Save The Yangtze Porpoise?

• 来源期刊: 北京周报（英文版）
• 年，卷（期）: 2021,（21）
• 所属期刊栏目: FORUM
• 页码范围: 48
• 页数: 1页
• 语种: 英文
• DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1000-9140.2021.21.016

摘要

In 2016, a Yangtze River subspecies known as the narrow-ridged finless porpoise was formally added to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, with little over 1,000 of them still roaming the wild at that time. This endangered species, wellknown for its lovely "smiles," also falls under China's firstclass protection. How to preserve this precious animal species, whose population is even lower than that of the giant panda, proves a conundrum to experts and lovers alike today.