Strict enforcement needed to protect migratory birds
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E-mail Xinhua, October 24, 2012
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Migratory birds fly over the wet land near the Poyang Lake in Duchang County, east China's Jiangxi Province. [File photo] |
A recent 12-minute documentary titled "A Massacre on the Millennium Bird Trail" reveals some astonishing facts regarding the deaths of birds that are killed while migrating across China.
Birdwatchers across the country have been saddened to find that many migratory birds fail to complete their journeys due to rampant poaching.
Li Feng, creator of the film, said local villagers in central China's Hunan Province capture the birds to improve their diets, while hobbyists and professional hunters prey on the birds for sport and profit, respectively.
Birds with long necks, such as egrets and herons, sell for between 10 (1.6 U.S. dollars) and 70 yuan, while swans can sell for 300 yuan apiece at local markets in Guidong County, where some of the poaching has occurred.
Billions of birds migrate around the world annually. Three of the world's eight major migratory routes pass through China. In Autumn, birds from Siberia, Inner Mongolia and north China fly to India and southeast Asia along the "millennium bird trail" in Hunan and Jiangxi provinces.
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