Authorities are taking stringent measures to stop the exploitation of protected animals amid booming winter tourism in northeastern China, following reports of red-crowned cranes and tiger cubs being used to entertain visitors in Heilongjiang and Jilin provinces.
Authorities are working to revamp animal feed formulas with an aim to curb the use of soybean meal, a byproduct of soybean oil extraction.
Five African elephant calves had been born at the base from May to October this year. All of them are now in good health.
The revised law stipulates that governments at or above the county level shall incorporate animal husbandry development into their respective economic and social development plan, and the state shall establish and improve a modern livestock and poultry breeding system.
A cloned arctic wolf met the public at Harbin Polarland in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province lately.