Among the dead were protected creatures such as a red-crowned crane, four stump-tailed macaques and a brown bear.

FORBES: Tigercide

The wetland, which includes the coastal Unryul Migratory Birds Reserve, play an important conservation role as habitats for shore birds and critical areas for many migratory bird species of north-east Asia such as black-faced spoonbill (Platalea minor), Chinese egret (Egretta eulophotes) and red-crowned crane (Grus japonensis).

UNESCO: Natural Sciences