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The Chinese love animals. Animals are a massive part of Chinese culture, with everyone having an animal sign representing the year of their birth. Chinese poets write about animals, and artists paint them as being in harmonious company with human beings. The Chinese also take advantage of their animal resources in other ways, such as sending Chinese giant pandas as gifts to friendly nations, and the use of animal parts in their traditional medicine. Items like tiger bone drink (虎骨酒), and ginseng-antler drink(人参鹿茸酒), were once very popular, although are seen as cruel or illegal nowadays.

Despite their love for animals, the last few decades have seen untold damage to animal species throughout the country. This is mainly due to China 's remarkable economic development, with the ongoing process of industrialization and urbanization threatening to deprive many animal species of their habitats. Combined with a lack of effective protection through state laws and regulations, rare animals are further endangered due to aggressive hunting – again mainly driven by economic interests. However, some things are being done to change the situation. For instance, take the recent case of the bid to rescue the Tibetan antelope from endangerment and extinction.

Good fortune seems to come in the form of fuwa (福娃), the official mascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympics. Having made one of the mascots, Yingying (迎迎) in the image of the Tibetan antelope, China is starting to take better care of this selected national symbol. But what does the future hold for the other endangered species in China ?

Goverment Agencies and NGOs on Environmental Protection
· · · · ·	State Environmental Protection Administration (国家环境保护总局) Department of Wildlife Conservation (国家林业局野生动物保护司) All-China Environmental Information for Public (中华环保联合会) Institute of Zoology, Chinese Acadaemy of Sciences (中科院动物研究所) China Wildlife Conservation Association (中国野生动物保护协会)

Tibetan Antelope
· · · ·	Tibetan Antelopes Kekexili.com: China Volunteers Association For Rescuing Tibetan Antelopes Movie Kekexili, a ture story about the fight for Tibetan Antelope protection Yingying the Tibetan Antelope-One of the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympics

About Giant Panda
· · ·	Giant Panda Panda World Jingjing the Panda - One of the Official Mascots of Beijing 2008 Olympics



朱鹮　zhū huán	金斑喙凤蝶　jīn bān huì fèng dié	大熊猫　dà xióng māo
Scientific name: Nipponia nippon English name: Crested ibis State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Yang County, Shaanxi Province Photo: 4 photos	Scientific name: Teinopalpus aureus English name: Null State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong and Hainan Province Photo: 3 photos	Scientific name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca English name: Giant panda State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu Province Photo: 5 photos



褐马鸡　Hè mǎ jī	中华鲟　zhōng huá xǘn	金丝猴　jīn sī hóu
Scientific name: Crossoptilon mantchuricum English name: Brown eared-pheasant State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Hebei and Shanxi Province Photo: 4 photos	Scientific name: Acipenser sinensis gray English name: Chinese sturgeon State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Changjiang river basin Photo: 4 photos	Scientific name: Rhinopithecus roxellanae English name: Golden monkey State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou Province Photo: 4 photos



白暨豚　bái jì tún	丹顶鹤　dān dǐng hè	东北虎　dōng běi hǔ
Scientific name: Lipotes vexillifer English name: Chinese river dolphin State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Changjiang river basin Photo: 3 photos	Scientific name: Grus japonensis English name: Red-crowned crane State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Northeast China and the lower-middle reaches of the Yangtze River Photo: 5 photos	Scientific name: Panthera tigris altaica English name: Siberian tiger State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Heilongjiang and Jilin Province Photo: 5 photos



扬子鳄　yáng zǐ è	梅花鹿　méi huā lù	亚洲象　yà zhōu xiàng
Scientific name: Alligater sinensis English name: Chinese alligator State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Anhui, Zhejiang, and Jiangsu Province Photo: 5 photos	Scientific name: Cervus nippon English name: Sika deer State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Northeast China, Anhui, Jiangxi and Sichuan Province Photo: 4 photos	Scientific name: Elephas maximus English name: Indian elephant State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: The south part of Yunnan Province Photo: 5 photos



藏羚羊　zàng líng yáng	麋鹿　mí lù	小熊猫　Xiǎo xióng māo
Scientific name: Pantholops hodgsoni English name: Tibetan antelope State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang Province Photo: 5 photos	Scientific name: Elaphodus davidianus English name: Milu deer State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Dafeng state nature reserve, Jiangsu Province Photo: 5 photos	Scientific name: Aliurus fulgens English name: Kesser Oabdam State protection grade: First-grade Habitat: Shaanxi, Sichuan, Gansu, Tibet, and Yunnan Province Photo: 4 photos

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