In 2016, liaoning guomen biosecurity prevention and control top ten cases were released
On average, countries around the world report outbreaks of animal infectious diseases (including zoonotic diseases) 4 times a day; China's neighboring countries, namely the 14 bordering countries and Japan, have an average of one animal outbreak every 2 days. The situation of alien pest invasion is more severe than ever, and national biosecurity, as a non-traditional security field, has risen to an important part of national security strategy.
At the press conference of the provincial government yesterday, the Liaoning Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau introduced the 2016 National Gate Biosecurity Prevention and Control, and released the top ten cases of Liaoning Guomen Biosecurity Prevention and Control, illegally carrying succulents, beetles, snails, endangered butterfly specimens, etc., are prohibited from entering.
Some cases
The parcel detected the nominate subspecies of the bird of paradise winged butterfly
On November 25, 2016, when Dalian was conducting an on-site inspection of inbound parcels with an X-ray machine, it found that a parcel from Indonesia was wrapped in four butterflies in the middle layer. Identified as an endangered species, the bird of paradise winged butterfly nominate subspecies, of which two are male and female. This is the first time that the endangered species has been intercepted in China.
The nominate subspecies of the Bird of Paradise Wing Butterfly is a large butterfly with great differences between male and female individuals, and is a subspecies of the Bird of Paradise Wing Butterfly, distributed only in and around the island of New Guinea. Due to its weak reproductive ability, it is a very rare butterfly insect in the world, and has been listed as an endangered species protected in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (referred to as the "Washington Convention" or cites), with a protection level of Class II. China strictly prohibits the import and export of endangered species without approval, and once it is found, administrative penalties or criminal responsibility will be pursued according to the seriousness of the circumstances.
Oak log hides highly poisonous red-backed widow spiders
On August 26, 2016, when the Bonded Logistics Park Supervision Division of the Dayao Bay Bureau inspected the oak logs from Canada, it found some signs of log pests and a live spider. Laboratory tests and identification detected a variety of pests such as Tianniu larvae and red-backed widow spiders, of which the red-backed widow spider was intercepted for the first time at the Liaoning port.
The red-backed widow spider, also known as the red-backed spider and the Indian red-backed spider, is a genus of spiders in the family Bulbophyllaceae, distributed in China, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and other countries, and is highly poisonous. Female spiders carry neurotoxins, and people will feel nausea, stinging, body stiffness after being bitten, and occasionally muscle cramps, abdominal pain, fever, breathing difficulties and other symptoms, which can cause death if not treated in time. The spider has been inactivated.
More than 800 "succulents" carry a variety of diseases and insect pests
On May 31, 2016, when Donggang conducted on-site inspections of the belongings of inbound passengers from South Korea, a batch of abandoned succulents, a total of about 800 plants in 3 boxes, were found in the travel inspection channel, which were identified to involve nearly 100 varieties such as peach eggs, bear boys, queen flowers, etc., carrying coconut pile mealybugs, fusarium, gum spore anthracis, small rod nematode and other diseases and insect pests.
There are more than 1,200 kinds of succulents in the world, which can spread 48 kinds of plant pests, including many quarantine pests, and illegal entry will bring great harm to China's biosecurity.