Tibetan antelope migration under way
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Pregnant Tibetan antelope have begun their annual migration to the heart of northwest China鈥檚 Hoh Xil nature reserve to give birth, according to the reserve鈥檚 management bureau.
Around 6:30pm on May 3, the first group of around 50 Tibetan antelope passed the Qinghai-Tibet highway en route to Zonag Lake in Hoh Xil, which is known as the 鈥渄elivery room鈥 for the species.
More than 500 Tibetan antelope have already crossed the highway on their march toward Zonag Lake.
Every year, tens of thousands of pregnant Tibetan antelope migrate to Hoh Xil between the end of May and early June to give birth, and leave with their offspring in August.
The species usually mates in December and gives birth in late June or early July after a 200-day pregnancy.
Tibetan antelope are mostly found in Tibet Autonomous Region, Qinghai Province, and Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The species is under first-class state protection in China.
The Tibetan antelope population declined sharply from 200,000 to 20,000 due to illegal hunting in the 1980s. It has recovered thanks to measures taken to improve its habitat and a ban on illegal hunting.
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