Pheasants are flooding in the northeast of our country, but no one dares to eat them! But the pheasant flood in the UK has been encouraged to hunt, from 4 million to now 60 million, more and more pheasants, what is going on? Come and go, pay attention to passers-by, listen to what customers say.
Pheasant, also known as pheasant, according to legend, When Han Gaozu Liu Bang had a "pheasant" in his wife's name, he directly changed all the pheasants in the world to pheasants. In the past, if you saw pheasants outside, they would basically take it home and then cook it, it became a delicacy, I believe many people have eaten, is a high-protein, low-fat game, quite popular with people.
Since it can be eaten, how did it become widespread in our country? The first is the violation of the law! Since 2000, pheasants have been listed as national second-level protected animals, and it is illegal to catch one. In 2018, a villager caught 4 pheasants near his home, was sentenced to 5 years and fined 10,000 yuan, and compensated the loss of national resources by 20,000 yuan.
The second is strong reproductive ability, a pheasant can breed two or three times a year, nearly 10 or so at a time, without human participation in the survival rate of pheasants is much higher.
The third is that there is no natural enemy, the pheasant is very vigilant, and it perches in the tree, can fly and run, it can be said that there is no natural enemy, and the pheasant is an omnivorous animal, such as insects, rice, corn, sorghum, etc. They all eat. There is no worry about eating and drinking and there are no natural enemies, plus no one dares to hunt and kill, so the number of pheasants in China is increasing at present.
China's pheasant flood is because it is protected from eating, and no one dares to catch it, and the British pheasant announced on October 30, 2020 that the British government has included pheasants and partridges in the list of endangered native wildlife, and also encouraged people to shoot such species freely. So why is it still flooding?
According to the British Bird Protection Society, the number of pheasants and partridges in the UK has now flooded to at least 60 million, posing a serious threat to local native species, but this is actually their own cause. Why? In the United Kingdom, pheasants are raised every year, and 60% of pheasants are released, which means that the British raise pheasants and release them into the wild before hunting.
In order to maintain the rhythm and fun of hunting for the British, they have raised a large number of pheasants for hunting, and for the past 50 years, a large number of pheasants have been released into the wild every year, and the number has been increasing. According to the data, as of 2016, a total of 5700 pheasants were released into the wild, but there were relatively few pheasants hunted, only about 18 million, and the pheasant breeding ability was relatively strong, resulting in an increasing number of pheasants, and now there are more than 60 million.
The flood of pheasants in the northeast makes it difficult for the farmer's uncle, because the pheasant is an omnivore, such as corn, rice, etc., basically as long as it is in the farmland, the pheasant does not refuse. And the peasant uncle faced them with cruelty to the crops, there is no way but to drive them away, but just driving them has no effect, it can be said that it is miserable.
So why does the UK encourage people to shoot pheasants freely, and there are so many pheasants? As many as 60 million pheasants in the UK also pose a serious threat to the local ecological environment, and the number of local plants, insects, reptiles and so on has dropped sharply.
In order to control the pheasant flood, the local government has also come up with many countermeasures, such as rewarding 200 yuan for each catch, or setting up a special organization to hunt pheasants. However, according to a 2015 survey of the shooting industry, 76% of shooters can not accurately measure the distance, and the result of this inability to judge the distance leads to a low shooting rate, and many pheasants are only injured rather than hunted, so the pheasants are still growing wildly. It has also been suggested that natural enemies of pheasants, such as foxes, can be introduced, but it cannot be ruled out that the introduced species will flood again.
What are your thoughts on this? If the UK were to pay you to control the pheasant epidemic, what would you do? Well, I'm here today, pay attention to the passers-by, have heard the guests say, we'll see you next time.