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Article: Home of China's legendary "Bigfoot" wild man shuns tourists for ecological recovery
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- Xinhua News Agency
- Article date:
- January 9, 2006
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Home of China's legendary "Bigfoot" wild man shuns tourists for
ecological recovery
WUHAN, Jan. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Shennongjia Nature Reserve, home of
the legendary of wild man known as "Bigfoot" in central China
suspended tourism services from Jan. 4 to Mar. 25 for "ecological
recovery," 13 years after its opening to the public.
Wang Haitao, a local forestry official, said on Monday that the
suspension will help protect the more than 1,000 kinds of wild
animals, the eco-environment, and the forest and vegetation in the
nature reserve.
Dubbed as a gene ...