Jimu news reporter Zhang Wanjun
On the afternoon of February 10, in the Swan Lake National Urban Wetland Park in Sanmenxia, Henan, adults and children picked up stones and smashed them into the wild swans that spent the winter here many times to make fun of them. The park management office said that it had received reports that the tourists' behavior was suspected of violating the law and had been handed over to the forest public security department for disposal.
Man smashes swan with a rock (video screenshot)
An online video shows dozens of white swans on the surface of a lake in a park; four adults and four children stand by the lake to watch, one of the men picks up a stone on the ground and smashes it hard into the swan in the lake, just hitting the surface of the water in front of a swan, and his face shows an excited expression; then, a girl next to the man hands a stone into his hand, and he smashes the stone into the swan again.
Wintering swans (video screenshot)
The video publisher said that the incident occurred on the afternoon of February 10, in the Swan Lake National Wetland Park in Sanmenxia City, Henan Province, where two children first smashed swans with stones, and because they were not far away, they did not hit the swans. Subsequently, the child's parents took a large stone and smashed it at the swan, looking very happy. She filmed the video and stepped forward to stop the brutality and reported it to the park management office and the police.
Thousands of netizens commented on this, most netizens condemned the uncivilized behavior of tourists, believing that adults bring bad examples to children, and some netizens said, "Harming wild animals will be punished by law." ”
The Jimu News reporter found that tens of thousands of white swans in Sanmenxia Swan Lake National Urban Wetland Park every October, after a long migration from distant Siberia, came here to roost for wintering, and they have become a business card of Sanmenxia City. The white swan is a national second-level protected animal and is strictly protected by national laws.
On February 11, the staff of Swan Lake National Urban Wetland Park told Jimu News that on the afternoon of the 10th, after receiving a report on the matter, they immediately contacted the Security Section and the Forest Public Security Department. After rushing to the scene, it was found that the personnel involved had left, and they had transferred the video and other materials to the forest public security department, which disposed of it.
The staff member said that since the park was established 4 years ago, this kind of swan smashing situation is still the first time, and the park has been arranged by staff to patrol to protect the safety of the swans. Swans are nationally protected animals, and the behavior of tourists smashing swans endangers the safety of wild protected animals and is an illegal act.
Jimu News reporters learned from the Sanmenxia City Forest Public Security Department that they had already learned about the situation yesterday and were dealing with it.
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