Xin'an Evening News Anhui Network Dawan News Wild boars that frequently descend the mountain will usher in a hunting period of up to several months. A few days ago, Jinzhai County formulated the "Implementation Plan for the Controlled Hunting of Wild Boars in Jinzhai County", and a 20-person hunting team formed by local villagers will complete the hunting of wild boars with a target of 200 heads by January 31 next year. The hunting team members will receive a purchase subsidy of 10 yuan / catty, and then these wild boars will be concentrated for harmless treatment.
The reporter learned from the forestry department of Anhui Province that in May this year, our province was also included in the comprehensive pilot province for the prevention and control of wild boar hazards by the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, and many places are actively promoting the prevention and control of wild boars. How to carry out the hunting work scientifically? How will the catch be collected and disposed of? For the people who are infested with wild boars, these are the most important concerns they are now.
Wild boar descending the mountain The common people have complained a lot
Since August this year, the secretary's mailbox of the Jinzhai county government has continuously received complaints from citizens about wild boars.
"This year's wild boar flooding, the old people in the village planted corn and other crops have no harvest, should be more than our village is like this." Because wild boars are harmless animals, they can only stay in the field without sleeping in the middle of the night, but the effect is very small, and the effect is minimal. ”
Complaints received in the mailbox of the secretary of Jinzhai County
In recent years, with the improvement of the quality of the ecological environment and the reduction of natural enemies of wild boars, the number of wild boar populations has been increasing, and the phenomenon of harming crops has occurred from time to time.
For the voice of the people, the forestry department of Jinzhai County has publicly replied to residents many times, expressing sadness about the phenomenon of wild boar harming crops. On the other hand, they suggested that the villagers actively try to do a good job of defensive measures to reduce losses as much as possible, "At the same time, we are also declaring the limit for hunting wild boars to our superiors, and we will continue to hunt wild boars after the hunting period to control the number of wild boar populations in the wild." ”
In order to effectively control the number of wild boar populations and reduce the economic losses caused by the harm of wild boars, the Office of the People's Government of Jinzhai County recently formulated the "Implementation Plan for the Controlled Hunting of Wild Boars in Jinzhai County" (hereinafter referred to as the "Implementation Plan") in accordance with relevant laws and regulations. According to the Notice of the People's Government of Anhui Province on Strengthening the Management of Hunting (Anhui Zheng [1997] No. 59), the hunting period for controlled wild boar hunting in Jinzhai County is from October 1 to January 31 of the following year, which has also attracted people's attention.
Hunting teams have been formed and are applying for documents
The reporter learned that the "Implementation Plan" has detailed provisions on the area, time, quota, and personnel of the local wild boar hunting. Among them, the hunting team is approved by the county forestry bureau, the hunting team members are between 25 and 60 years old, physically qualified, and have a certain experience in hunting and holding guns, and the individual application is approved by the hunting team, and approved by the local township people's government and the public security police station of the jurisdiction, and the "Anhui Province Terrestrial Wild Animal Hunting Certificate" is applied for in accordance with the administrative licensing procedures to the county-level forestry department.
The cornfield through which wild boar passes (image source: "Yangxin Jinzhai" WeChat public account)
The reporter learned from the person who handled the business of the Jinzhai County Forestry Bureau that the local hunting team has been formed in September this year, and there are 20 people, "all of whom are local farmers, most of whom are about 40 or 50 years old, and there are very few young people." According to it, the local hunting work has not yet begun, and the team members are applying to the local public security department for a gun license.
In fact, the use of hunting tools is an important part of the hunting process. In this regard, Jinzhai County's "Implementation Plan" has been strictly stipulated, according to the "Anhui Provincial Implementation Measures", in view of the social and ferocious characteristics of wild boars, the county's controlled hunting of wild boars uniformly use standard shotguns and standard spiral bullets, and it is strictly forbidden to use other illegal tools for hunting activities. The hunting team members applied to the public security department for a civilian gun support gun certificate based on the hunting license issued.
The plan also stipulates that it is necessary to strictly implement the safety supervision measures and requirements for the "centralized storage and application for on demand" of shotguns and hunting bullets, and during the hunting period, the shotguns and hunting shells are uniformly stored in the gun and ammunition depot of the local public security police station, and the local public security police station shall supervise them in accordance with relevant regulations, and implement the system of early collection and late return. In addition, as to whether hunters from outside the county can participate in this work, the person said that this involves the public security department's management of guns across regions, as well as the approval of the place where the gun license is issued, "For the time being, I have not heard of people from outside the county coming to our county to apply for hunting work." ”
The hunting limit was approved at 200 heads
In order to effectively regulate the number of wild boar populations and achieve the expected prevention and control goals, the quota for controlled wild boar hunting in Jinzhai County is declared according to the proportion of 10% of the annual survey of wild boar populations, and is implemented after approval by the municipal forestry department. According to the person, the number of wild boars in Jinzhai County is thousands, and according to the hunting limit, their final approved data is 200.
How can I prevent random hunting? In this regard, the "Implementation Plan" also has more detailed supervision measures. For example, hunting personnel must carry out hunting work with hunting licenses and gun licenses, and conscientiously implement safety protection measures such as holding guns and fire prevention during hunting, and accept the supervision and management of relevant departments. In addition, hunting must be carried out at the prescribed time, range and limit. Hunting team members should take the initiative to cooperate with the competent departments for wildlife to crack down on illegal acts of destroying wildlife resources in accordance with law. If it is discovered that no hunting qualifications have been obtained, and illegal hunting is carried out during the hunting ban period, in the forbidden hunting area, or using prohibited tools, it shall be promptly reported to the wildlife department or the public security organ.
The "Implementation Plan" also stipulates that during the hunting period, the county forestry, public security and other departments should strengthen management, jointly carry out supervision and inspection of hunting work with the township and town people's governments where they are located, and immediately cancel their hunting qualifications for those who violate the relevant regulations on the controlled hunting of wild boars and fail to hunt in accordance with the scope, type, tools, quotas, etc., and if the circumstances are serious, they will be handed over to the judicial organs for handling.
Hunting can get a subsidy of 10 yuan / catty
There is also a fee subsidy for the acquisition of wild boars. Industry insiders told reporters that in fact, the quota hunting work in Anhui Province has been carried out for many years, mainly in the autumn and winter to promote this work, "in the past, the wild boar hunted can be taken out to sell, so some people are more enthusiastic." ”
On February 24, 2020, the 16th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress adopted the Decision on Completely Banning Illegal Wildlife Trade, Eliminating the Bad Habit of Eating Wild Animals, and Effectively Protecting the People's Life, Health and Safety, prohibiting the consumption of hunted wild boars.
In order to improve the enthusiasm of hunters, some localities are also studying matters such as labor compensation for hunters.
Jinzhai County's "Implementation Plan" shows that in accordance with the requirements of the higher level on the work of fasting wild animals, the wild boars hunted by the hunting team are purchased by the local township people's government in accordance with the standard of 10 yuan / jin, as a labor subsidy fee to pay the hunting personnel, and then centralized harmless treatment. The acquisition funds shall be advanced by the townships and towns, and after the completion of the hunting work in the whole county, the people's governments of each township shall report to the county finance for unified payment after review and approval on the basis of the acquisition documents and harmless treatment and other materials.
Implementation Plan for controlled wild boar hunting in Jinzhai County
The reporter learned that in general, large wild boars are 300 pounds upwards, and small wild boars also have dozens of pounds. In other words, the subsidies available for hunting a wild boar range from a few hundred to thousands of yuan. In this regard, in the view of local people, it is unrealistic to rely on hunting for a living, "these hunters have their own other livelihoods, or hobbies." ”
Excessive numbers of wild boars are associated with multiple factors
In fact, not only Jinzhai, but also wild boars are found in many places in Anhui Province. On the morning of October 2 this year, a wild boar wandered into the campus of Laozhou Central Primary School in the suburbs of Tongling, chasing construction workers everywhere, and the situation at the scene was critical, and the Tongling special police resolutely shot him to death. Local netizens in Huangshan have also repeatedly reported that they have found footprints of wild boar activities in different areas of Huangshan City. Recently, there are also people photographing on the boat of Taiping Lake in Huangshan Mountain, and there are wild boars crossing the lake collectively on the surface of the waters of Longmen Township of Taiping Lake.
Tongling SWAT kills wild boar (Image source: @Tongling SWAT Online)
Why did wild boars begin to flood and intersect more and more with the lives of ordinary people? How to scientifically hunt wild boars? In this regard, the reporter contacted Wu Hailong, a professor at the School of Ecology and Environment of Anhui Normal University. In his view, as the natural enemies of wild boars - jackals and leopards decrease, the frequency of ordinary people going up the mountain decreases, and the interference with wild boars becomes less and less, wild boars begin to multiply in large quantities, and in order to forage, they will also destroy the crops of ordinary people.
The number of wild boars is too large, which will inevitably cause interference to human activities, but as long as they do not take harmful behavior, wild boars will not easily attack humans, "especially do not touch the piglets, in order to prevent the big pigs from protecting their cubs." In terms of hunting, Wu Hailong explained that the temperature drops in autumn and winter, especially after the snow, the amount of food eaten on the mountain is reduced, and the wild boar will run down the mountain, so it is generally chosen to hunt fiercely in autumn and winter. From an economic point of view, the hunters themselves choose to hunt adult wild boars.
Anhui has been included in the comprehensive pilot province for the prevention and control of wild boar hazards
What if a wild animal hurts someone? How to protect wild animals while ensuring the safety of people's lives and property? The reporter learned that this year, China's relevant departments are also statistically assessing the harm caused by wild boars and other wild animals, and studying and deploying comprehensive pilots for prevention and control. The reporter learned from the forestry department of our province that at the end of May this year, Anhui was also included in the comprehensive pilot province for the prevention and control of wild boar hazards by the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, of which Xiuning County in Huangshan, Xuanzhou District in Xuancheng, and Taihu County in Anqing were listed as pilot counties, and some of them will be the first in terms of policies and indicators.
In fact, areas with wild boar disasters in our province are actively regulated. On June 22 this year, the Huangshan Municipal Government Office issued the "Huangshan City Work Plan for Strengthening the Prevention and Control of Wild Boar Hazards", proposing to take "three-step" measures to effectively strengthen the prevention and control of wild boar hazards, effectively protect the safety of people's lives and property, maintain normal production and living order, and promote high-quality regional economic development.
Huangshan City strengthened the work plan for the prevention and control of wild boar hazards
The plan mentions that hazard compensation will be implemented in accordance with the law. Organize investigation and verification - The township and town people's governments shall conduct a preliminary investigation of the personal injury or property damage caused by wild boars, and the competent forestry administrative departments of the district and county people's governments shall, according to the specific circumstances, organize the relevant administrative departments of the people's governments at the same level such as finance, civil affairs, agriculture and rural areas, health and health, and public security to verify, confirm, and publicize them.
Reasonable redemption of compensation - For those that should be compensated, the competent forestry administrative department of the district and county people's government shall make a compensation decision in accordance with the "Measures for Compensation for Personal Injury and Property Damage Caused by Terrestrial Wild Animals in Anhui Province" and pay compensation fees. Compensation fees are included in the financial budgets of provinces, cities or counties, and 50% are borne by the provincial, municipal or county finances.
Actively introduce insurance mechanisms - guide qualified localities to promote insurance institutions to carry out wildlife harm compensation insurance business. At present, Yi County, Huangshan City, Anhui Province, has taken the lead in establishing a wildlife accident insurance mechanism in the city, including the damage caused by wild animals into the scope of the whole society's overall insurance, and the insurance company will approve the settlement of claims for personal injury or property loss caused by the autonomous behavior of wild animals. Through the introduction of the insurance mechanism, the cost of damage losses will be minimized, the prevention and protection work will be implemented in a down-to-earth manner, and the vital interests of the people will be effectively safeguarded.
Xin'an Evening News Anhui Network Dawan News reporter Chen Mu
Edited by Wang Cui