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Japan returns 10 crested ibises to China -
11-29-2009, 05:10 AM
Japan returns 10 crested ibises to China
Saturday 28th November, 03:15 PM JST NIIGATA — Japan handed to China on Saturday 10 Japanese crested ibises that were born in central Japan to three ibises that were provided earlier by China, Japanese officials said. The Environment Ministry transported the 10 birds—five males and five females born at the Sado Japanese Crested Ibis Conservation Center in Niigata Prefecture from last year—from Sado Island to Niigata airport where a handover ceremony was held. They were then put on a flight from Niigata to Shanghai, based on a memorandum of understanding between Tokyo and Beijing that about half of the chicks born to the three ibises from China will be returned to the country, according to the officials. The 10 were born to the three ibises—a female presented to Japan by China in 2000 and a male and another female in 2007—and their Japanese-bred mates. Japan returns 10 crested ibises to China 
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