To protect Chinese alligators or Yangtze alligators, which are under state first-grade protection from extinction, the Chinese government initiated the Chinese Alligators Breeding Research Center in Xuancheng, Anhui province, in 1979.However, the number of Chinese alligators in the center has risen from about 200 to more than 10,000 and 1,500 such reptiles are born here yearly. Although this species is now safe from extinction, its number in the wild continues to decline, as only 150 Chinese alligators are believed to be living in the wild, such as East China's Jiangxi, Zhejiang and Anhui provinces.
Each year the number of alligators decline by 4 to 6 percent, said sources with the center. However, the Research Center is now overcrowded with alligators. Each pond which is supposed to cater for only 14 alligators has 450 alligators living in it instead!
Seeing thousands of alligators piled up at one place just gives me the creeps!
Link & Image: AnhuiNews
Tags: Thousands | Yangtze Alligators
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