(CN) Hunting of Wild Animals Banned in Northeast China

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CHANGCHUN, November 22 (Xinhua)-- Hunting of terrestrial wild

animals remains to be prohibited in the next five years in Jilin

Province in northeast China, according to the Standing Committee

of the Jilin Provincial People's Congress.

 

Jilin was the first province in China to initiate a hunting ban

between 1996-2000. During the period, many wild animals on the

verge of extinction, including the Siberian tiger, appeared again

in this inland province.

 

Local government will continue its efforts to keep the wild

animal population growing. Apart from the ban on animal hunting

in the next five years, Jilin will also develop a wild animal

husbandry and breeding industry.

 

There are about 400 species of wild animal living in Jilin

Province now, and over 60 species are on the nation's top

protection list.

 

The Jilin provincial government has established more than 12, 000

wild animal preserves so far, fostering large numbers of spotted

deer, bears, turtledoves and many other species.

 

 

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