Tibetan Antelope numbers triple at key Chinese Nature Reserve
Improved anti-poaching measures are credited with leading to a tripling of Tibetan Antelope numbers to 60,000 animals at Hol Xil Nature Reserve, reports XinhuaNet.com.Numbers were decimated in the late 1990s after armed poachers targeted the animals for their valuable wool used to make shahtoosh shawls.
Endangered Tibetan antelopes triple since 1998 in China reserve
XinhuaNet.com
22 April 2008
XINING, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The population of Tibetan antelopes in Hol Xil, a key nature reserve in northwest China for the endangered animal, has increased to 60,000 from less than 20,000 in 10 years.
Cega, director of the Hol Xil Natural Reserve Administration in Qinghai Province, attributed the increase to the improved environment and anti-poaching efforts.
Armed poaching led to a drastic decline in the antelope population at one point. There were only 20,000 left in Hol Xil when rangers started to fight against the illegal practice in February 1998.
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