Source:Global
Times Published: 2018/9/9 17:53:40
Two
nationally protected cranes have escaped from a Southwest China zoo, and
employees are still trying to lure them back.
A threatened species and among the world's rarest, the red-crowned crane is among the tallest, standing around 1.5 meters with a wingspan of up to 2.5 meters.
A group of three of the birds first flew the coop on Wednesday during a flight exercise that involved whistled commands from the ground at Guizhou Forest Wildlife Zoo.
Zookeeper Zhang Jing said the birds didn't respond to his whistled signal to return and kept flying for around 30 minutes before disappearing from sight.
So far only one of the birds was found in a nearby village.
The zoo has since extended its search for the nationally protected birds to cover a 30-kilometer radius.
A threatened species and among the world's rarest, the red-crowned crane is among the tallest, standing around 1.5 meters with a wingspan of up to 2.5 meters.
A group of three of the birds first flew the coop on Wednesday during a flight exercise that involved whistled commands from the ground at Guizhou Forest Wildlife Zoo.
Zookeeper Zhang Jing said the birds didn't respond to his whistled signal to return and kept flying for around 30 minutes before disappearing from sight.
So far only one of the birds was found in a nearby village.
The zoo has since extended its search for the nationally protected birds to cover a 30-kilometer radius.
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