article_snippet: A desperate attempt to stop China's precious 'water pandas' dying out forever has begun on the Yangtze River.
article_snippet: There are just 1,000 of the fresh water mammals left living in the world, but number are declining by more than 13 per cent every year, the People's Daily Online reports.
article_snippet: Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province is almost twice the size of London and hit the headlines last year after  Poyang Lake in Jiangxi Province dried up, thanks to the Three Gorges reservoir - the world's biggest dam - and a drought.
article_snippet: But the freshwater lake, the largest in China, is also home to almost half the surviving finless porpoises - a total of 450 animals.
article_snippet: The project aimed to catch the Yangtze's last remaining water mammals, attracting the Yangtze's last remaining water mammals using sonar to allow the Yangtze's last remaining water mammals to collect data on the Yangtze's last remaining water mammals health, gender, weight and measurements.
article_snippet: The strongest animals were then taken to be released into other areas, where scientists hope The strongest animals will help increase the populations.
article_snippet: A new project sees some of the strongest animals from the largest population being relocated .
article_snippet: Future: Experts hope the animals Experts catch in  Poyang Lake in 
article_snippet: Jiangxi Province will help increase populations elsewhere .
highlights_snippet: Only surviving mammals in the Yangtze since river dolphins made extinct .
  
highlights_snippet: WWF and  Institute of Hydrobiology now launched program to save species .
  