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In Depth: Power Lines Push Endangered Birds to the Edge

By Kang Jia, Ma Mingze and Guo Xin
2025年03月07日 19:12
‘Critically endangered’ Siberian cranes are facing an existential threat from a recently constructed ultra-high-voltage transmission line bordering China’s largest freshwater lake
A flock of grey cranes flies over the ultra-high voltage power lines near Poyang Lake in East China’s Jiangxi province on Nov. 16. Photo: Provided by the interviewee

On the morning of Feb. 1, 2024, Zhou Haixiang was conducting a food survey for Siberian cranes in a harvested rice paddy at Chengxin Farm, near Poyang Lake, Jiangxi province, when he spotted a white mass in the distance. As he walked closer through the waterlogged field, he discovered the lifeless body of a Siberian crane.

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