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BEIJING, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ This is a news report from China Daily:
While city folk flock to zoos or animal parks for a glimpse of wildlife, the threats posed by predators such as snow leopards, wolves and brown bears are a daily fact of life for 41-year-old forest ranger Zhao Hongshang in the Qilian Mountains in northwestern China s Qinghai province.
A herd of horses from a local farm gallop at the foot of the Qilian Mountains in Gansu province in May, 2020. [Photo by WANG CHAO FOR CHINA DAILY]
His base, Qiqing forest station, sits at an altitude of 2,900 meters and is the highest forest station in Qilian Mountain National Park－one of China s first 10 pilot national parks.
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BEIJING, May 7, 2021 This is a news report from China Daily:
While city folk flock to zoos or animal parks for a glimpse of wildlife, the threats posed by predators such as snow leopards, wolves and brown bears are a daily fact of life for 41-year-old forest ranger Zhao Hongshang in the Qilian Mountains in northwestern China s Qinghai province.
His base, Qiqing forest station, sits at an altitude of 2,900 meters and is the highest forest station in Qilian Mountain National Park－one of China s first 10 pilot national parks.
Work on the parks started in 2015, with the aim of further protecting local ecosystems and wildlife.