Tibetan antelope migration route was thrust officials say does not affect the habits | | Hoh XIL _ Tibetan antelope migration news

China News Agency, Xining, June 6 (Zhao Linsong) "after the dam lake is indeed had a certain impact on Tibetan antelopes migrate, adapt as the environment, migration of Tibetan antelope to be able to find a new route. "6th, Qinghai Provincial Forestry Department Deputy Director Zheng Jie of China News Agency reporters.

In August 2011, is located in Hoh XIL lake water levels skyrocket, subsequently formed the levee breaches, the original Tibetan antelope migration route and thrust.

According to the Meteorological Department of remote sensing monitoring shows that 5 billion cubic metres of water the Lake spills.

Protection station in Hoh XIL administration is Lake Zhao Xinlu, told reporters, is a Lake after Lake levee breaches the principal migratory routes and thrust, and formed a 10-metre-deep canyon, the width of the narrowest at about 200 meters from Zhuo Naihu Lake flows downstream of the spill.

"We patrol mountains often see expectant of Tibetan antelopes in the formation of the new river at a loss. "Zhao Xinlu said.

Lake is known as chiru, "maternity ward" every year from Qinghai, Xinjiang, Tibet, travels to tens of thousands of Tibetan antelopes are calving beside the Lake. Today, Tibetan antelope why travel long distances to Zhuo Wu farrowing movement trouble remains a mystery.

"Hundreds of years to form the migration routes, and suddenly disappeared. From 2012 onwards, some Lake 100 km to Tibetan antelopes started calving Qusay around the Lake. "Zhao Xinlu said that because the migration routes blocked, Zhuo farrowing near the Lake's decrease in the number of Tibetan antelope.

Zheng Jie said the Tibetan antelope migration route has been for hundreds of years, although Lake Dam have some impact on Tibetan antelope migrations, but the impact would not have an impact on Tibetan antelope migration habits.

Zheng Jie said: "Tibetan antelope, a strong ability to adapt to the environment, although changes in migration routes, but they will still find themselves a new migration route. ”

Jie Zheng stressed that according to reflect circumstances in the Hoh XIL, now part of the migration of Tibetan antelopes began to bypass the blocked rivers. While Qinghai forestry sector since last year requested authority to follow up changes in migration of Tibetan antelopes in the Hoh XIL, strengthening patrol. (End text)

(Original title: Tibetan antelope migration route was thrust officials said no impact on behaviour)

19:02 June 06, 2014 China News Network