Milu Yuan
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The Milu Park, or Milu Yuan (Chinese:
Milu Yuan is now a public park and an ecological research center that serves as a natural park for animals in Beijing. Among the attractions are the Père David's deer or milu a deer that became extinct in China toward the end of the 19th century during the Qing dynasty. The deer was re-introduced to Beijing from Britain, mainly the Whipsnad Wild Animal Park, in the 1980s.[1] On March 18, 1999 the park celebrated the birth of a Père David's deer, the first wild birth in centuries.[2] As of 2010, Milu Yuan had the highest population of Père David's deer worldwide.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Jiang, Zhigang; Yu, Changqing; Feng, Zuojiqn; Zhang, Linyuan; Xia, Jinshi; Ding, Yuhua; Lindsay, Nick (2000). "Reintroduction and Recovery of Père David's Deer in China". Wildlife Society Bulletin. 28 (3): 681–687 – via JSTOR.
- ^ a b Yuankai, Tang (2010). "Back to Nature". Beijing Review. 53 (34): 42–43 – via EBSCOhost.
External links
[edit]- About the Milu Yuan
- Official Park Site (Site is in Chinese)
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