Elephants make a comeback in China

“There are now close to 400 wild Asian elephants living in China, up from around 150 in the 1980s,” reports The Doomslayer.

China Daily explains:

China’s wild Asian elephant population has grown from about 150 in the 1980s to nearly 400 today, according to a report released on Thursday that credits decades of habitat protection and conservation efforts in the country’s southwestern province of Yunnan…

Despite their slow reproductive rate, the population has continued to grow, with monitoring data showing that nearly every elephant herd in the major habitats of Xishuangbanna Dai autonomous prefecture and Pu’er city in Yunnan has welcomed new calves every year in recent years, according to the report….

In 2021, a herd of wandering wild Asian elephants in Yunnan captured worldwide attention after roaming more than 1,400 kilometers over 124 days before returning to its traditional habitat.

Snub-nosed monkeys are making a comeback in the mountains of China.

in 2024, the first Asian elephant was vaccinated against a deadly herpes virus.

A cancer vaccine for dogs doubles their survival rate for certain cancers.

Przewalski’s horses — the only surviving wild horse species — have proliferated in China over the last 40 years.

“China’s endangered Yangtze finless porpoise is recovering…The population is now estimated at 1,426 porpoises, up from 1,012 in 2017,” reported The Doomslayer.