This Day, That Year

Item from Nov 11, 1992, in China Daily: Scientists from the Anhui provincial Yangtze Alligator Breeding Research Institute inspect an artificially bred Yangtze alligator, which lives along the river's middle and lower-reaches.

With the help of artificial reproduction, the number of alligators in China now total more than 6,200, compared to only about 600 a decade ago.

The Yangtze alligator, also known as the Chinese alligator, was listed as a first-class protected animal in 1972.