Number of rare animals increased in Xinjiang nature reserve

Photo taken on March 31, 2019 shows Tibetan antelopes in the Altun Mountains National Nature Reserve in northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The Nature Reserve saw numbers for three rare wild animals reach around 100,000, according to local researchers. The populations of wild yak, Tibetan antelope and wild ass are recovering to the level of recorded data in the 1980s when the reserve was first set up, the results of the latest scientific investigation showed. The reserve suspended all mining activities within its 46,800-square-km parameter in 2018 in an effort to restore its environment. [Photo: Xinhua]