TOKYO, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) — Female crested ibis Yang Yang gifted by China has died within the Japanese prefecture of Niigata, the Japanese atmosphere ministry stated.
Yang Yang, housed on the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center, died on Thursday morning, the Niigata prefectural authorities cited a press release launched by the Ministry of the Environment on Friday.
She died on the age of 27, equal to over 80 years outdated for people.
The crested ibis, which originated from northwest China’s Shaanxi province, had beforehand injured her leg attributable to being startled by thunder, resulting in difficulties in standing and consuming.
The assertion urged that the chook died attributable to bodily weak point on Friday, though veterinarians offered remedy and fed her earlier through the week.
Yang Yang performed a vital function within the reintroduction of crested ibises into the wild in Japan, the Niigata prefectural authorities stated on its web site.
In the long run, the prefecture, in collaboration with the Japanese atmosphere ministry and the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center, will proceed to work towards the wild reintroduction of crested ibises, it added.
In January 1999, Yang Yang and You You, the primary pair of crested ibises gifted by China to Japan, arrived at Sado island off Niigata. Over the years, they performed a major function in saving and reestablishing the endangered crested ibis inhabitants in Japan.
As per Niigata’s prefectural atmosphere bureau, there are at the moment 550 wild crested ibises within the prefecture. In 2019, Japan lowered the standing of the birds from “extinction in the wild” to “critically endangered.”