Japan: 'National Property' grows again

A couple of white storks on the list of endangered species in Japan have successfully hatched stork in natural conditions, for the first time in more than 40 years.

Oriental white stork (Photo: AP)

Eastern white storks were extinct in Japan in the 1980s, but conservationists have succeeded in bringing this species back to the sunrise country through breeding programs in captivity, done in 29 years thanks to the white stork donated by Russia.

The baby stork just born in western Japan is the first baby stork born in natural conditions in Japan since 1964. His parents are storks born in captivity, then released. about nature to reproduce.

Oriental white storks often live separately with the identity of red streaks around the eyes. They eat fish, frogs and migrate in the winter. In the past few decades, the number of oriental white storks has been severely reduced due to human hunting and destruction of the living environment. Most living white storks now live in Russia and China.

In Japan, Eastern white stork has been officially recognized as a national property.

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