Hundreds of Chinese sturgeons released into Yangtze River
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Five hundred Chinese sturgeons born in a man-made breeding environment were released into the Yangtze River during rainy weather in Yichang, Hubei province, on Saturday, April 14, 2018. The Chinese sturgeon is critically endangered and is strictly protected by China's government at all levels as a national treasure. Chinese researchers succeeded in artificially inseminating and spawning of cultured Chinese sturgeons in 2009. Since then fish have been released into the river every year to save the species from extinction. [Photo: IC]