Special Report: Spring Festival Special 2009

    BEIJING, Jan. 30 -- On the first day of the Chinese Year of the Ox, eight gold takins made their debut at the Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park.

    Gold takin, famous for their gold and amber fur, are muscular hoofed animals found in the Qinling Mountains in Shaanxi province. Classed as a national treasure, their numbers have dwindled to only 4,000.

    This is the first time for Guangdong to introduce Takin from Shaanxi. The park attempted to recreate a cold highland region for the animals to feel at home in.

    Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Guangzhou.