latest from pinky:
Lee Hsien Loong
Besides cycling trails, Kushiro is also home to wildlife conservation efforts. We visited a red crowned crane (丹顶鹤) sanctuary yesterday. These cranes are highly endangered - there are only 1,400 in the world. They live in Hokkaido, and in the North East of China.
Red crowned cranes are normally shy creatures, but not this one. He was rescued and brought up by human beings. Now he defends his territory fiercely against people because he thinks he is a human being! smile emoticon - LHL
(Photo by me)