Wild leopard seal found in Jilin's Tumen River  

吉林首次在圖們江近海水域發現野生斑海豹

近日，吉林省琿春市防川村村民在圖們江中捕魚時，一只斑海豹撞入漁民網中，被漁民救起。9月16日，當地漁民和邊防民警將它放回江中。據了解，吉林省作為近海內陸省份，在圖們江近海水域發現野生斑海豹還是頭一次。[查看全文]

Hunchun （ECNS）-- Border police and local fishermen in Hunchun, Northeast China's Jilin province, released a wild leopard seal they rescued on Monday.

It's the first time that the wild mammal was found in Jilin, an inland province, along the coast of Tumen River.

Fisherman Xu Chengfeng found the underage seal in his net while he was fishing on Saturday in a section 15 kilometers away from the river's entrance to the Sea of Japan.

Fur seals also have been seen in the area.

The leopard seal, which are predators living along the coast of temperate zones, is listed as a first-class animal under protection in China.