S. Korea releases artificially bred oriental storks for 1st time

An artificially bred oriental white stork is released into the wild in Yesan county, western South Korea, on Sept. 3, 2015. It was one of eight storks released in South Korea's first such attempt to revive the species that had become extinct in the local wilderness by 1971. On the right is Muneharu Nakagai, mayor of the western Japanese city of Toyooka that provided six birds to South Korea for the project. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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