The Rice Fields Were Flooded And Not Harvested, And Thousands of Birds Were Poisoned While Looking for Food?|CBCGDF BCON
On January 9, 2025, volunteers from the Suihua Wetland Reserve of the China Biodiversity Conservation and Green Development Foundation received a report that someone was spraying pesticides to poison birds and setting nets to catch birds in the Nannihe area of Baoshan Town, Suihua City.
On the same day, volunteers from the Suihua Wetland Conservation Area immediately rushed to the Nanni River section in Baoshan Town to check. After arriving at the scene, the volunteers found that it was right at the junction of Houbao Longquan Village, Hongguang Township, Bayan County, Harbin City and Baoshan Town, Suihua City, and the large rice field where the accident occurred was located on the side of the Nanni River. "It can be seen that there are several hundred acres of land, but most of the rice has been harvested long ago, and only a piece of rice of about a few acres has been left unharvested," said the volunteer. It was these few acres of unharvested rice fields that attracted thousands of wild birds to come and feed in the winter when food was scarce.
The volunteers did not find any dead birds poisoned by pesticides at the scene, but instead found a tall bird-catching net. The bird-catching net was erected by two thick tree poles and was 3-5 meters high. Many dead birds were hanging on the net. The volunteers counted them and found a total of 10 birds, mostly sparrows, and a magpie. The volunteers then pulled out the bird-catching net, which was very dangerous to wild birds.
But just because many wild birds eat the unharvested rice due to waterlogging, do we have to spray pesticides to poison birds or use bird-catching nets to catch birds? Although sparrows, magpies and other birds are common local birds, they are still "terrestrial wild animals with important ecological, scientific and social values" protected by the state. Spraying pesticides to kill them, using bird-catching nets to kill them, etc., are all illegal acts without exception according to the relevant provisions of the National Wildlife Protection Law. Volunteers hope that relevant government departments will pay special attention to the phenomenon of poisoning wild animals, because there have been several consecutive bird and fish poisoning incidents during patrols this winter.
Original Chinese Article: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/poOD5MSsQxQL_N7QKaROuw
Translator: Maggie
Checked by: Richard
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