Recently, Li Bin, director of the Wildlife Conservation Center of the Forestry Bureau of Tongjiang County, Bazhong City, Sichuan Province, introduced that in 2020, townships, villages and farmers conducted a preliminary survey of the number of wild boars in Tongjiang County, and there were about 20,000 wild boars in the county. The Red Star News reporter learned that in 2021, after the Sichuan Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau identified Tongjiang County as one of the pilot counties for the prevention and control of wild boar hazards, Tongjiang County timely issued the "Tongjiang County Wild Boar Hazard Prevention and Control Pilot Work Plan". According to the requirements of the "Plan", in 2021, Tongjiang County plans to hunt 750 wild boars. On November 13, Li Bin told Red Star News that it was too difficult to hunt wild boars. Recently, after inviting the only professional team in Sichuan with a gun license, it hunted 8 wild boars in two and a half days. The cost is too high, there is no professional team and equipment, and it is difficult to complete the task of hunting 750 heads this year.
Wild boar infestation
There are about 20,000 wild boars in Tongjiang County
This year, 750 heads are planned to be hunted
In recent years, wild boars have destroyed crops from time to time in Bazhong. The wild boar, which belongs to the national second-level protected animals, has changed from the list of protected animals to the most hated animals of the croppers, "with it, the crops planted every year are not guaranteed." ”
Wild boars multiply and destroy crops and become heart diseases of croppers. However, it is illegal for electric boars and beasts to hunt wild boars. When the people were protecting their crops, there were incidents of wild boars injuring people. For this reason, many croppers can only "swallow their anger".
In 2021, the Forestry and Grassland Bureau of Sichuan Province identified Tongjiang County as one of the pilot counties for the prevention and control of wild boar hazards. Tongjiang County timely issued the "Tongjiang County Wild Boar Hazard Prevention and Control Pilot Work Plan".
Li Bin, director of the Wildlife Conservation Center of the Forestry Bureau of Tongjiang County, said that the "Plan" clarifies the hunting method and implementation steps, that is, the establishment of a professional hunting team to hunt. It is mainly hunted by means of gun hunting, cage hunting, and fence trapping, and it is forbidden to use illegal means such as electric shocks and animal clips to hunt.
In the implementation steps, Tongjiang County selected townships for pilot projects in advance. A pilot work leading group headed by the deputy county chief was set up, an expert technical group was set up, and work funds were arranged to give labor subsidies to the hunting team.
Li Bin introduced that in 2020, the number of wild boars in the county was conducted by townships, villages and farmers, and there were about 20,000 wild boars in Tongjiang County. According to the requirements of the "Plan", in 2021, Tongjiang County plans to hunt 750 wild boars.
After the completion of the pilot project of hired professional hunting teams in townships, Tongjiang County will strictly follow the hunting plan and fully roll out in all townships and towns in the county.
Hunting costs are high
The professional team hunted 8 wild boars in two and a half days
Two hounds were sacrificed
On November 13, Li Bin told Red Star News that every year the crops are destroyed by wild boars, which brings a lot of losses to the people, but it is illegal to kill wild boars without permission. For the establishment of a professional team to hunt wild boars, the people's voice is very high.
On November 6, the forestry department of Tongjiang County contacted wild boar hunting professionals in Jiangyou, Mianyang City, Sichuan Province, to carry out the first hunting operation of this winter in Tongjiang County, in Zhicheng Town, Lianghekou Town and Yong'an Town, Tongjiang County.
"In two and a half days, 8 wild boars were killed." Li Bin told reporters. Through this hunt, it was found that fewer wild boars have been infested in recent days.
Li Bin said that because wild boars are aggressive and dare not act without authorization, they have invited the only professional team in Sichuan Province with a gun license to hunt.
According to the staff of the Jiangyou Hunting and Rescue Center, a total of 2 vehicles, 4 people, 4 robbers and hunting dogs were dispatched to Tongjiang County.
During the hunt, 7 hounds participated in the operation.
Hunting squad.
Because time could not win, the professional team hunted wild boars in Tongjiang County for two and a half days, and then went to Mianyang to continue hunting wild boars.
Cheng Mou, a staff member of the Jiangyou Hunting and Rescue Center, introduced that the center has more than 10 people, more than 10 shotguns, and also purchased hunting dogs to hunt wild boars. Two hounds were sacrificed while hunting wild boars in Tongjiang, one was from the Tongjiang hunting team and the other was from the Jiangyou Hunting and Rescue Center.
hound.
"The price of our dead hounds is more than 30,000 yuan." Cheng Mou told reporters that the Jiangyou Hunting and Rescue Center serves the whole of Sichuan, and the cost of hunting wild boar is very high, and it costs a total of about 10,000 yuan to Tongjiang County.
It is understood that according to the number of wild boars finally killed, Tongjiang County paid the other party the cost of drying according to the standard of 2,000 yuan per head.
Carry away the wild boar that was hunted.
Roll out after the pilot
Each township hunts a minimum of 10 wild boars
This year's task is difficult to complete
Li Bin introduced that in the past, wild boars in Tongjiang were only in a few townships in the high-altitude dense forest mountains, and now almost every township has wild boars. Combined with the forest area, the number and distribution of wild boar populations and the degree of harm in Tongjiang County, it was preliminarily agreed to establish 6 hunting teams for farmer protection, and the civil affairs department is currently applying for legal person registration.
"There are people on the team, but it's not professional." Li Bin told Red Star News reporters. At present, there are only hunting dogs, cages, and fences to trap and hunt. Through communication with the Jiangyou Hunting and Rescue Center, it was found that guns are effective when hunting.
The tongjiang county prevention and control work plan points out that according to the standard of killing no more than 2 heads per square kilometer, the wild boar population is regulated, and 750 wild boars are planned to be hunted in 2021.
Based on this, Tongjiang has established a working mechanism led by forestry and with the participation of public security, emergency response, agriculture and rural areas, civil affairs and other departments. After the successful pilot projects in Lianghekou and Zhicheng Townships in Tongjiang County, they will be rolled out throughout the county, and it is expected that each township will hunt 10 to 20 wild boars.
However, judging from the situation of inviting a professional team of Jiangyou to hunt wild boars in Tongjiang, the hunting task of 750 heads this year is difficult to complete.
"The state is very strict about gun control, and it is a long process to apply for guns." Li Bin told reporters that according to the plan of 750 heads this year, if all external professionals are hired, the cost is too large. At present, cage hunting, fence trapping and other methods will be implemented, and many measures will be taken to hunt.
Red Star News reporter Zhang Yang
Edited by Peng Jiang
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