Wild leopard seal found in Jilin's Tumen River  

吉林首次在图们江近海水域发现野生斑海豹

近日，吉林省珲春市防川村村民在图们江中捕鱼时，一只斑海豹撞入渔民网中，被渔民救起。9月16日，当地渔民和边防民警将它放回江中。据了解，吉林省作为近海内陆省份，在图们江近海水域发现野生斑海豹还是头一次。[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.