China Approves National Park Larger Than Yellowstone. It Will Be A Sanctuary For Endangered Big Cats

March 13, 2017

The Chinese government has approved plans to establish a 5,600 square mile national park - an area 60 percent larger than Yellowstone - in the northeastern corner of the country.

It will be a sanctuary for two cats endemic to the area that almost went extinct in the 1990s: the Amur leopard and the Siberian tiger, also known as the Amur tiger.

China national park bigger than Yellowstone

The Chinese government said in 2015 that it wanted to develop a national park system that would meet international standards. It partnered with the Paulson Institute, a Chicago-based research center, to do so.

In addition to the national park network, the world's biggest polluter has become the world's biggest global investor in green technology.

China has also shown an increased commitment to conservation, including a ban on ivory trade.

(h/t) Huffington Post


feel good videoDogs Are Forced To Wear The Things They Steal — And It’s Hilarious

feel good storiesPeople Are Posting the Ugliest Photos of Their Cats and It’s Hilarious

feel good storiesEngland Fan Uses $13,000 That He Saved for His First Home to Take His Grandad to the World Cup Instead

feel good storiesWhen My Cat Got Summoned for Jury Duty

feel good videoThis Bride Was Not Expecting the Man Who Walked Her Down the Aisle

feel good videoSeven Bears Caught on Camera in Montana, 10 Found the Next Day

feel good videoThe Best Lesson On Winning I've Ever Heard

feel good videoPolice Officer Responds To Abuse Call, And Leaves With A Daughter

feel good videoHe Packed a Christmas Shoebox at Age 7... Then 14 Years Later She Found Him