Deer, goats from Taiwan get a new home
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April 17, 2011, Sunday
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A PAIR of spotted deer and two goats sent by Taiwan as gifts to the Chinese mainland arrived at their new home at the Liugongdao National Forest Park in Weihai, Shandong Province, yesterday.
A Boeing 737 jet carrying the animals arrived at Weihai Airport at 12:35pm after a two and half hours flight from the Taoyuan International Airport.
They then made another three-hour journey on land and sea to their new destination on Liugongdao Island.
The plane also carried more than 480 kilograms of animal feed, including paper mulberry leaves, forage grass, low-protein feed particles, vitamin and block salt.
The pair of critically endangered Sika deer have been named Fan Xing and Dian Dian (when linked, the names mean "dotted stars" in Chinese), while the serows are named Xiyangyang and Leyangyang (both meaning "happy" in Chinese).
A grand ceremony was held at the park to welcome the new arrivals, with some 400 participants from the mainland and Taiwan.
Wang Peiting, secretary of the Weihai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, hailed the arrivals from Taiwan as another significant development in boosting exchanges and cooperation.
In December 2008, the mainland had sent a pair of giant pandas, "Tuan Tuan" and "Yuan Yuan" (meaning "reunion") to Taiwan.
Jason Yeh, director of Taipei Zoo, the original home of the four animals, said he believed the exchanges in animal care between the mainland and Taiwan will become more open and transparent following the exchange of pandas, deer and goats.
"(I believe) the cooperation between the two sides will pick up speed," Yeh said.
Located at the Weihai Bay on the eastern edge of the Shandong Peninsula, Liugongdao covers an area of 3.15 square kilometers and is some 3.89km away from Weihai city proper.
A state-level forest park was launched in 1992.
The park is famous for its natural scenery and has an 87 percent forest coverage, which makes it an ideal place for the animals to live in.
Yuan Xue'en, director of the Administration Commission of Liugongdao Island, said the island will make every effort to ensure a healthy and happy life for the two pairs, which will become "goodwill messengers" between the compatriots.
Wang Jiansong, head of the administrative office of the park, said tourists can have a look at the new inhabitants of the park after passing a quarantine procedure that could take 30 days.
Wang said that according to researchers, the mulberry and elm leaves grown in Weihai can be served as feeds for the new arrivals. All arrangements are in place to ensure the animals have adequate and safe food supply, which will mainly come from within Liugongdao, Wang said, adding that for the first week the animals would live on food stuff sent from Taiwan.
A Boeing 737 jet carrying the animals arrived at Weihai Airport at 12:35pm after a two and half hours flight from the Taoyuan International Airport.
They then made another three-hour journey on land and sea to their new destination on Liugongdao Island.
The plane also carried more than 480 kilograms of animal feed, including paper mulberry leaves, forage grass, low-protein feed particles, vitamin and block salt.
The pair of critically endangered Sika deer have been named Fan Xing and Dian Dian (when linked, the names mean "dotted stars" in Chinese), while the serows are named Xiyangyang and Leyangyang (both meaning "happy" in Chinese).
A grand ceremony was held at the park to welcome the new arrivals, with some 400 participants from the mainland and Taiwan.
Wang Peiting, secretary of the Weihai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, hailed the arrivals from Taiwan as another significant development in boosting exchanges and cooperation.
In December 2008, the mainland had sent a pair of giant pandas, "Tuan Tuan" and "Yuan Yuan" (meaning "reunion") to Taiwan.
Jason Yeh, director of Taipei Zoo, the original home of the four animals, said he believed the exchanges in animal care between the mainland and Taiwan will become more open and transparent following the exchange of pandas, deer and goats.
"(I believe) the cooperation between the two sides will pick up speed," Yeh said.
Located at the Weihai Bay on the eastern edge of the Shandong Peninsula, Liugongdao covers an area of 3.15 square kilometers and is some 3.89km away from Weihai city proper.
A state-level forest park was launched in 1992.
The park is famous for its natural scenery and has an 87 percent forest coverage, which makes it an ideal place for the animals to live in.
Yuan Xue'en, director of the Administration Commission of Liugongdao Island, said the island will make every effort to ensure a healthy and happy life for the two pairs, which will become "goodwill messengers" between the compatriots.
Wang Jiansong, head of the administrative office of the park, said tourists can have a look at the new inhabitants of the park after passing a quarantine procedure that could take 30 days.
Wang said that according to researchers, the mulberry and elm leaves grown in Weihai can be served as feeds for the new arrivals. All arrangements are in place to ensure the animals have adequate and safe food supply, which will mainly come from within Liugongdao, Wang said, adding that for the first week the animals would live on food stuff sent from Taiwan.
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