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NANCHANG, April 4 (Xinhua) In a Siberian crane sanctuary beside the Poyang Lake, China largest freshwater lake, a crane called Xiaoxue is practicing flying w
2021-01-27 09:32 By: Xinhua
Wang Zhiru studies a white crane specimen at the Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Center in east China s Jiangxi Province, Jan. 18, 2021. Wang Zhiru, director of the Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Center of Jiangxi Province, and Kuang Shaoxiang, a veterinarian, met the white crane Aiai for the first time in April 2018, when it was found and sent to the center by a local villager. When I first saw it, the crane was so dirty and couldn t even stand steadily due to long-term malnutrition. Wang Zhiru recalled. Bird lovers named the little white crane Aiai , which means love in Chinese. After over 10 days of careful treatment and recuperation, Aiai recovered and could be released into the wild. However, all the other white cranes had left Poyang Lake and moved northward to Momoge National Nature Reserve in northeast China s Jilin Province. White cranes would lose their ability to survive in the wild if t