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Dazu police and people joined hands to rescue the injured national second-class protected animal sparrowhawk

author:Peace and security

On May 10, the Tieshan Police Station of the Dazu District Public Security Bureau received a call from the kindergarten in the jurisdiction, saying that a bird like an eagle fell in the park, flapped its wings on the ground and could not fly, and was suspected of being injured and requested the police to deal with it.

Dazu police and people joined hands to rescue the injured national second-class protected animal sparrowhawk

After receiving the alarm, the police immediately rushed to the scene to check, from the appearance of the bird is about 15cm long, the wings are broad and round, the tail is long, the upper body is gray-brown, the back of the head is mixed with a little white, the chest has brown horizontal spots, the tip of the beak is like a small hook, the claws are sharp, it belongs to a small bird of prey, one of the wings was injured, the police carefully checked its injuries and found that the bird was very weak, and then the police decided to take it back to the police station first.

Dazu police and people joined hands to rescue the injured national second-class protected animal sparrowhawk

After the police took local materials and loaded the bird back to the police station with a cardboard box, they immediately contacted the staff of the Forestry Bureau to arrive at the scene, and only through their identification did they know that the bird was a sparrowhawk, a kind of air hunter with strong predatory ability, mostly feeding on other small birds, good at walking through dense woods, and was a national second-class protected animal. In order to allow the sparrowhawk to be treated as soon as possible, the police cooperated with the staff of the Forestry Bureau to send it away for professional rehabilitation and care.

Dazu police and people joined hands to rescue the injured national second-class protected animal sparrowhawk

At present, the injured sparrowhawk has been taken away for professional treatment, and will be released back into the wild after its injuries have recovered and its ability to survive in the wild.

Police remind: Wild animals are easy to carry germs and viruses, so please contact the forestry department or public security organ as soon as possible when encountering injured wild animals.

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