GLOBALink | Baby Tibetan antelopes rescued by rangers in China's Hoh Xil

We are now in Hsiao National Nature Reserve, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in northwest China's Qinghai Province. Behind me is Wildlife Rescue Center in Suonanjiajie Protection Station of Hsiao. In order to strengthen the protection of wild animals, Suonanjiajie Protection Station set up this Wildlife Rescue Center in 2002. Tibetan antelopes are mostly found in Xizang Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province and Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region. The species is under first-class protection in China. Every year, pregnant Tibetan antelopes migrate to Hsiao in May to give birth and live with their offspring around August. Some baby antelopes may fall behind and be separated from the herb during the migration journey. Rangers in Hsiao will rescue them and take them back to the protection station. We will take them out for a run and exercise. One antelope can drink 500ml of milk a day. When we feed the antelopes, they will follow us like their mother. When they are one year old, we will put them in a big basket. Then we will contact them less. We will let them live in a safe place. We will release them after two to three years. Thanks to great efforts to protect the species, the number of Tibetan antelopes in Hsiao has increased from 20,000 in 1980s to over 70,000 now. And in August 2021, the status of Tibetan antelopes in China has been downgraded from endangered to near threatened.