Tibetan antelopes start birthing journey

XINING - Pregnant Tibetan antelopes have begun their annual migration to a lake deep within the Hoh Xil Nature Reserve in Qinghai province to give birth, the reserve's management bureau said on Tuesday.

At around 7:30 pm on May 3, about 50 Tibetan antelopes were seen crossing the Qinghai-Tibet highway to Zonag Lake in Hoh Xil, which is known as the "delivery room" for the migratory species.

Every year, tens of thousands of the expectant antelope mothers migrate to the lake between the end of May and early June. They usually depart the area with their offspring in August.