Cover news reporter Wang Xianglong Zhou Hongpan
In the early morning of November 9, Miaoba Village, Yuli Town, Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, Sichuan Province, was shrouded in morning fog. Villager Zou Mingqing came to Huangliandi in the mountains, and the scene in front of her made her angry and bloody: nearly 8 acres of Huangliandi were damaged by wild boars, with losses of more than 2,000 yuan. After cursing the wild boar, Zou Mingqing turned his head and went down the mountain and asked someone to replant.
In the impression of the villagers, in the past three years, the local wild boar has been frequent. Especially this year, almost every home in Miaoba Village has been attacked by wild boars.
Hounds that track and fight wild boars
In recent years, with the effective implementation of the law on the protection of mountains and forests and the protection of wild animals, coupled with the strong reproductive ability of wild boars, the number of wild boars in the mountains of Sichuan has increased geometrically in just over a decade. According to data released by Tongjiang County in Bazhong City, in 2020, the number of wild boars in the county will exceed 20,000.
The cover news reporter visited many places in Sichuan to investigate and found that behind the frequent appearance of wild boars, there is not only the helplessness of villagers who "dare not fight and can't fight" because of the protection of animals, but also the embarrassment that the government "pays" to insure crops, but insurance companies are unwilling to underwrite, and there is only a complete hunting team in Sichuan Province.
The helplessness, embarrassment and hunting dilemma brought about by the appearance of wild boars have become almost normal in many places in Sichuan. At present, Sichuan Province has carried out pilot work on the prevention and control of wild boar harm in Beichuan County, Mianyang City, Qingchuan County and Chaotian District of Guangyuan City, and Tongjiang County of Bazhong City. Exciting.
A member of the hunting team
"I can't beat it if I don't dare to fight."
Beichuan Yuli Town Miaoba Village, located in the depths of the Longmen Mountains, high mountains and dense forests, pleasant climate, the huanglian produced here is of good quality and famous. Huang Lian, this kind of medicinal material that needs to be planted under the forest, ripens once every five years, and can bring 30,000 yuan per mu of income to the villagers.
Zou Mingqing's family has 4 acres of Huanglian and has been planted for two years. Due to a wild boar destruction in May this year, although the mountain is high and the road is far, Zou Mingqing will adjust the frequency of going up the mountain from once a week to once every two or three days. In the early morning of November 9, Zou Mingqing, who approached his own Huang Liandi in the morning fog, was overwhelmed by the scene in front of him, and could not help but break his mouth and scold.
In front of his eyes, the yellow seedlings arched out by the wild boar "turned over", the leaves were pulled on the soil, the roots had to face the sky, and there was no life. According to Zou Mingqing's preliminary estimates, nearly 8 acres of Huanglian were destroyed by wild boars, of which more than 4 mu of land, huanglian that had grown for more than a year and nearly two years, were destroyed, and the rest of the newly cultivated huanglian seedlings were also destroyed.
Search into the mountains
In May this year, it was also destroyed by wild boars once. Twice asked someone to supplement the seedlings, the labor cost cost more than 2,000 yuan. The villagers who invited to help replenish the seedlings saw what happened to Zou Mingqing's family and also helped her curse the wild boar. The wild boar that could break into trouble had long disappeared into the woods.
In the face of wild boar destruction, the villagers did not think of a way, but because the wild boar is a protective animal, the villagers can only stop it by scaring.
Li Faqing, a 62-year-old villager, has been suffering from the wild boar plague since last year. According to his statistics, in the first half of last year, thousands of pounds of konjac seeds in the family were all arched out by wild boars. Wild boars only eat the roots and leaves of konjac, and the exposed konjac is all frozen to death, originally should collect more than 10,000 kilograms of konjac, the result was only more than 500 catties, only the konjac loss of this item, it reached more than 10,000 yuan.
Li Faqing tried to tie the cannon to the corn, and the wild boar bit the firecracker and ran back to the mountain. But when the wild boar found that the firecrackers were not particularly a great threat, they went back and forth. In addition, wild boars will also move their nests to "sneak attacks", destroying a little here and changing places for the second time.
Observe the situation
Wild boars not only destroy crops, but also injure local villagers.
On March 23 this year, Ma Jiuyu, a 66-year-old man in Baixiao Township, Beichuan County, was attacked by wild boar while working in his own woodland, resulting in injuries to many parts of his body. After the old man was bitten by the wild boar, he used his last strength to call his family, and when the family rushed to the scene, they found the old man lying on the ground dying, with blood and flesh on his body blurred.
Wild boars are a disaster, but the villagers can't fight them, and they can't beat them. The impact of a small wild boar is enough to injure adult villagers. So, what about the livelihood of the villagers?
On the same day, Zou Mingqing, who encountered wild boar damage to Huangliandi, complained to the county wildlife protection center about the destruction of crops by wild boars. Previously, the relevant departments of Beichuan County had decided to take emergency measures and invited professional hunting teams to deal with wild boars.
There is only one hunting team in the whole of Sichuan
An invitation letter stamped with the official seal of the Natural Resources Bureau of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County shows that in 2021, many places in Beichuan encountered wild boars destroying crops, and invited the Wanbao Wildlife Professional Hunting and Rescue Center in Jiangyou City to start emergency treatment and hunt the endangered wild boars, and the payment was made on September 27 this year.
More than a month later, on November 11 and 12, the Jiangyou Wanbao Hunting and Rescue Center was invited to take the newly established Xiqiang Farmer Hunting Team established by Beichuan two months ago to carry out emergency treatment of the endangered wild boar.
Into the mountains
On the morning of November 12, Lu Yongkui, deputy captain of the Xiqiang GuardIng Agricultural Hunting Team in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County, led two sniffing dogs and waited at the Yuli Miaoba Village Committee to prepare to join the hunting team on the mountain. When he contacted the hunters on the mountain, he learned that the villagers had herded sheep in the field destroyed by wild boars and could not smell the wild boars at all. The hunting team decided to go to another haunt to search.
At 9:30 a.m., after returning to the village committee, the hunting team drove an off-road vehicle over the hilltop behind the village to search for another wild boar infestation. In order to hunt down the wild boar, the hunters divided into 3 routes and each took two hounds to the wild boar's haunting area. "Hounds not only serve as a warning, but they can also bite wild boars." Lu Yongkui said.
Keep an eye on Hound Dog dynamics
At about 11 a.m., the Middle Road hunting team found the footprints of wild boars in a mountain pass. "The hounds are barking incessantly, and it should be time to find the wild boar." After contacting the team members, Lu Yongkui said that because the wild boar infested place was a dense forest, the team members could not see the situation inside. When the team members surrounded them, the frightened little wild boar scurried around, and as a result, the whole herd of wild boars exploded and ran to Lijiaping behind another mountain.
The search continued, and Lu Yongkui heard information about the hunting team from the walkie-talkie from time to time. "The turnips in a turnip field in Lijiaping were all destroyed by wild boars." "It should be the group that just ran from the mountain pass, there are more than 20 large and small."
Lu Yongkui said that sometimes, seeing wild boars may not be able to hit. "Although we hit a wild boar on the 11th, we lost a hound worth more than 40,000 yuan."
The hunting dogs of the hunting team
On the morning of November 11, at the invitation of the Beichuan Wildlife Conservation Center, the hunting team went to Dongxi Village, Qushan Town, Beichuan County, to dispose of the infested wild boar. When I first arrived at Houshan, I heard local villagers report that a villager was trapped by a wild boar. After climbing a tree, the trapped villagers kept calling for help.
The hunting team released the hounds and rushed to the trapped villagers. "After hearing the sound of the rattling, we should surround the fence, the blockage that should be blocked." Lu Yongkui said that the head dog "Red Tiger" and several other hounds rushed over. "In less than 10 minutes, I heard the screams of the hounds." This is obviously not like the sound of the hound fighting the wild boar, it should be that the wild boar hurt the dog. Lu Yongkui they followed and saw that the head dog "Red Tiger" fell to the ground, convulsing non-stop, and the whole ass was bitten.
The hounds, wounded by the boar arch, were already dying.
At the scene, several other hounds were surrounding a large wild boar, constantly biting. "When the boar saw us, it looked up and prepared to rush towards us. Our team members took the opportunity of the wild boar to look up and shoot them in one shot. Lu Yongkui said that the "Red Tiger" is a hunting dog that they just bought back for more than 40,000 yuan some time ago. "I didn't expect to scrap it once." Afterwards, the team members buried the sacrificial "Red Tiger" on the mountain and disposed of the 280-kilogram wild boar that was killed harmlessly.
Why did Beichuan set up its own hunting team and invite Jiangyou's Wanbao Rescue Center to help with emergency treatment? Because the Wanbao Rescue Center has complete personnel, vehicles, hounds, shotguns, and communication and positioning facilities, it is the only complete hunting team in Sichuan.
"Our Xiqiang Farmer Hunting Team in Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County has been established, and the team members have also arrived, but the gun license has not been approved." Lu Yongkui said that wild boars are flooded, and the losses of villagers are still increasing, "We have no guns, only rely on a few hounds to rush up, not to fight wild boars, but to send to death." I hope that the relevant departments can issue us gun licenses, buy back shotguns one day earlier, and recover losses for the villagers one day earlier. ”
Commanding personnel round-up
This kind of confusion is not only Beichuan. Li Bin, director of the Tongjiang County Wildlife Conservation Center, said in an interview with the cover news reporter that at present, the Tongjiang forestry department has declared a total of 6 hunting teams, and the strongest team has focused on supporting it. "Hopefully, I can apply for guns for them." Without guns, it may be even more difficult for wild boars to hunt. ”
Policies that dare not be covered
Because of the harm caused by wild boars. Beichuan County actively invited Jiangyou, a complete hunting team, to come to carry out emergency treatment. Only this year, they have been invited to Beichuan to protect farmers four times, until November 11, Jiangyou's hunting team has a "slot".
In addition, in 2021, Beichuan County invested 150,000 yuan to purchase wildlife public liability insurance. As of the end of October, the insurance company had settled 223 claims, with a compensation amount of more than 200,000 yuan, including 70,000 yuan for medical expenses and disability compensation of Ma Jiuyu in Baixiao Township, and the insurance period had not yet expired.
The cover news reporter learned from the relevant people of the insurance company that vegetables such as konjac and medicinal herbs such as huanglian have high economic value, and the premium amount of insurance will be relatively high. In this case, such as miaoba village in Beichuan Yuli Town, it is generally afraid to underwrite, even if there is a high premium. Because of the flood of wild boars, Huanglian is prone to losses, and the payment of compensation will be a considerable amount.
The relevant person in charge of Beichuan County also told reporters that whether it is to support the work of the hunting team or to pay premiums for cash crops, there is no small pressure on the current local finance.
In July this year, the Sichuan Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau included Beichuan County in Mianyang City, Qingchuan County and Chaotian District in Guangyuan City, and Tongjiang County in Bazhong City as pilot counties for the prevention and control of wild boar harm. For wild boars that are endangering the safety of people's lives and property and entering urban areas or densely populated areas, effective measures shall be taken to control or eliminate the harm in accordance with the principle of emergency disposal, and may be killed when necessary.
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