Since the media exposure of Oriental white storks being poisoned at Tianjin's Beidagang Wetland Nature Reserve two weeks ago, more and more volunteers, the media and the government are working together in a campaign to protect these endangered birds.
A reward of 50,000 yuan ($8,000) has been offered for information leading to the people who poisonedrare birds on Monday in a wildlife reserve in Tianjin.
An endangered species of bird grabbed headlines in Chinese media over the past week not because of its elegant beauty, but because 20 died of poisoning in Tianjin.
Police in north China's Tianjin Municipality confirmed that 20 rare birds were found dead and another 13 poisoned in the city's wetlands tainted by highly-toxic pesticide.