For the first time in 40 years! Wild sika deer appear in Huangshan! Chased by dogs on the street

Recently, in the Wild Monkey Valley of Fuxi in Tangkou Town, at the foot of the Huangshan Mountains, a video of an animal suspected of being "sika deer" being "chased away" by a domestic dog has become popular on the Internet.

On the morning of October 18, in order to confirm whether the animal was a real sika deer, the police of the Forest Police Detachment of the Huangshan Scenic Area Public Security Bureau drove to the video shooting site - Fuxi Wild Monkey Valley, retrieved the surveillance footage from the villagers' homes (about 8:00 a.m. on the 17th), combined with the original video taken by the villagers' mobile phones before, asked Yan Peng, associate professor of the School of Life Sciences of Anhui Normal University, and Li Qun, a staff member of the Anhui South Wildlife Rescue Center, and deduced that this was most likely a wild sika deer.

After a series of investigations, it was confirmed that the animal was a sika deer, a national first-class protected wild animal, with good horns and males, about 50 cm tall and about 150 cm long, and it was very likely to run down the mountain from nearby to feed.

"The wild sika deer in Huangshan Mountain lived near the Large and Small Yang Lake in Huangshan In the early years, and disappeared in the late 1970s, and the wild sika deer found this time is the first time in 40 years." Ye Yaoqing, senior engineer of the Garden Bureau of the Huangshan Scenic Area Management Committee, said.

At that time, when they saw the sika deer, the villagers immediately reacted that it was a wild animal, "I asked everyone to follow behind and drive away my dog to prevent the dog from hurting it." Villager Xie Hongqin said excitedly, "This is the first time I have seen such a sika deer animal when I grew up, which shows that our ecology is really good." ”

The sika deer, under the protection of the villagers, has returned to the mountain forest.

In recent years, Huangshan has cooperated with the Global Environment Facility (GEF) to implement the "Huangshan Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Use Project", from establishing and improving laws and regulations to improving the efficiency of protected area management, from environmental education and public awareness, from sharing results and experience, comprehensively improving Huangshan's biodiversity conservation capacity. In addition, Huangshan has also carried out various special biodiversity monitoring projects. In the past two years, 2 new species of mammalian insectivorous species, 3 new species of insects in the family Buchaceae, and 70 species of bird records have been increased.

Comprehensive: Xin'an Evening News, Anhui Net

Source: Anhui Radio and Television Station