Patrol officers guard sacred cranes of Tibet

Every year, black-necked cranes spend winter in Lhundrub county of the Tibet autonomous region, and they return to the northern prairie in spring.

For Tibetan patrol officer Tenzin, the work of watching over the cranes is a glory.

"People consider it auspicious when the cranes return to their home villages," Tenzin was quoted as saying by the China News Service recently. Lhundrub county has become a natural reserve for the species.