{"id":13471,"date":"2022-11-11T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-11T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prnasia.com\/story\/archive\/3933556_CN33556_0"},"modified":"2022-11-11T14:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T14:00:00","slug":"yangtze-finless-porpoise-protecting-chinas-smiling-angel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/transmediavictoria.net.au\/?p=13471","title":{"rendered":"Yangtze finless porpoise: Protecting China&#8217;s &#8216;Smiling Angel&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">BEIJING<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 11, 2022<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; A news report from China.org.cn on <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> efforts to protect Yangtze finless porpoise:<\/p>\n<div class=\"PRN_ImbeddedAssetReference\" id=\"DivAssetPlaceHolder4400\" align=\"center\" readability=\"7\">\n<p title=\"Yangtze finless porpoise: Protecting China's \u2018Smiling Angel\u2019\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OeeZpJbI6zk\" frameborder=\"0\">&amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp;<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OeeZpJbI6zk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OeeZpJbI6zk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a recent poll, netizens voted to name a rare Yangtze finless porpoise. Efforts to protect this endangered species have shown promising signs in <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> during the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, an online poll was held to choose a name for a Yangtze finless porpoise code-named &#8220;YYc.&#8221; After the voting concluded, a team of experts selected &#8220;Hanbao&#8221; from the most popular replies, which has the same pronunciation as &#8220;hamburger&#8221; in Chinese. The name really suits it since the calf&#8217;s chubby body is just like a hamburger. Moreover it was born in <span class=\"xn-location\">Wuhan<\/span>, central <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-location\">Hubei<\/span> province. &#8220;Hanbao&#8221; means &#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">Wuhan&#8217;s<\/span> treasure&#8221; in Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>Hanbao is indeed a treasure.<\/p>\n<p>The 2-year-old male calf is <span class=\"xn-location\">China&#8217;s<\/span> first artificially-bred second-generation Yangtze finless porpoise. Its father Taotao is the world&#8217;s first Yangtze finless porpoise to be <span id=\"spanHghlt1603\">bred <\/span>naturally in an artificial environment.<\/p>\n<p>The breeding of Hanbao shows that Yangtze finless porpoises born in an artificial environment can produce offspring, marking a breakthrough and a new stage in the artificial breeding of the species.<\/p>\n<p>But why has such a little porpoise drawn so much attention?<\/p>\n<p>Because it&#8217;s undoubtedly cute, <span id=\"spanHghltde57\">but <\/span>also critically endangered.<\/p>\n<p>According to data and scientific surveys, from 1992 to 2012, the number of Yangtze finless porpoises, an iconic species of the Yangtze River, plummeted from about 2,700 to around 1,040.<\/p>\n<p>The decreasing speed is shocking. If protection is not strengthened, the endangered mammal is very likely to suffer the same fate as the baiji dolphin, nicknamed the &#8220;Goddess of the Yangtze River,&#8221; which is now considered functionally extinct.<\/p>\n<p>To conserve the &#8220;Smiling Angel,&#8221; affectionately named for its mouth fixed in a permanent grin, over the past decade, <span class=\"xn-location\">China<\/span> has imposed a 10-year fishing ban in the Yangtze, enacted the Yangtze River Protection Law, and launched the Yangtze River Finless Porpoises Rescue Action Plan (2016-2025). Efforts have also been stepped up in research and practice through on-site conservation, ex-situ conservation, and artificial breeding and reproduction.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the protection work has delivered encouraging results. The rate of decline has slowed significantly and bottomed out around 2017. One year after the fishing ban was implemented in 2021, a population survey showed positive momentum, with nearby residents reporting seeing &#8220;more and plumper Yangtze finless porpoises.&#8221; The aquatic animals can often be seen swimming in groups, with calves cuddling up to their mothers. At conservation reserves along the Yangtze River in <span class=\"xn-location\">Hubei<\/span>, the number of the porpoises has increased from the original five to 150. Four artificially-bred Yangtze finless porpoises including Taotao have grown up healthily.<\/p>\n<p>These achievements can be attributed to the joint efforts of the government, research institutions and the general public. However, despite the enhanced protection, we still have a long way to go in helping the species to recover. Various problems still need to be addressed, such as unattended areas in on-site conservation and the risk of complete failure of ex-situ conservation.<\/p>\n<p>In the next 10 years, 20 years, 100 years&#8230; the conservation efforts cannot and will not stop, so that future generations can see a large number of finless porpoises navigate the clear waters of the Yangtze.<\/p>\n<p><b><i>China Mosaic <\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/node_7230027.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><i>http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/video\/node_7230027.htm<\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Yangtze finless porpoise: Protecting China&#8217;s &#8216;Smiling Angel&#8217;<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><i><a href=\"http:\/\/chinamosaic.china.com.cn\/2022-11\/11\/content_78513611.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">http:\/\/chinamosaic.china.com.cn\/2022-11\/11\/content_78513611.htm<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n<p id=\"PURL\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Cision\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" alt=\"Cision\" src=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/img\/favicon.png?sn=CN33556&amp;sd=2022-11-11\"> View original content to download multimedia:<a id=\"PRNURL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/yangtze-finless-porpoise-protecting-chinas-smiling-angel-301675315.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/yangtze-finless-porpoise-protecting-chinas-smiling-angel-301675315.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BEIJING, Nov. 11, 2022 \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; A news report from China.org.cn on China&#8217;s efforts to protect Yangtze finless porpoise: &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp;nbsp; https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=OeeZpJbI6zk In a recent poll, netizens voted to name a rare Yangtze finless porpoise. 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