(Baonghean.vn) - Wild birds and animals are being wiped out by various types of traps. Many hunters even use electronic devices to lure birds and animals into traps.Some people even use birds for hunting.
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| Depending on the locality and season, "hunters" employ their own techniques in catching forest birds and wild animals, which may include snap traps, spring traps, plastic traps, nets, snares, etc. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A snare trap is a powerful tool used by hunters in the lowlands to catch various wild animals. It is made from bent iron bars (to be stuck into the ground) attached to snares made of nylon rope. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Remote-controlled music players are indispensable tools for hunters today. The memory cards in these devices are pre-recorded with various sounds of birds and wild animals such as sparrows, skylarks, egrets, rails, weasels, wild chickens, etc. Depending on the purpose of each hunting trip, they will play the appropriate sound. Music players are often attached to various traps to lure birds and wild animals. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| In addition, there are "decoys"—which can be a live animal or a puppet used to lure other birds of the same species. The three main tasks in trapping are setting traps, placing bait, and playing music. In the photo: A "matrix" set up to trap rails. Photo: Huy Thu. |
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| With the snare trap, animals like weasels, upon hearing the sounds from the music player, would run towards it and be hanged; the more they struggled, the tighter the noose became. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Nowadays, net traps in fields have mostly been replaced by plastic traps (plastic sticks, plastic rods), which are very effective at catching egrets, herons, sparrows, and skylarks. Plastic rods (V-shaped steel rods covered with adhesive plastic) are usually attached to a decoy bird and a music player. This device is stuck on a wall or in the field, and birds that fly to it will get caught. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A veteran bird hunter in Cong Thanh commune (Yen Thanh district) said that using plastic fishing rods, he catches hundreds of sparrows every day. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| A new hunting method currently in use is birds of prey. Popular birds of prey include eagles, falcons, and hawks. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Using falcons to hunt birds in the rice fields in Nam Dan. Photo: Huy Thu. |
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| A bird hunter in Nam Giang commune (Nam Dan district) said that using birds for hunting, the number of birds caught is about the same as that caught by one person using traps. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Besides plastic traps and snap traps, some places also use nets to catch birds. At night, in the fields, people wearing flashlights and carrying nets frantically search around – these are bird hunters. They catch all kinds of birds in the fields. Photo: Huy Thu |
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| Sparrows are sold by hunters to restaurants for 7,000 VND/bird, rails for 50,000-80,000 VND/bird, and civets for 300,000 VND/kg… Because of the immediate profit, wild birds and animals in many areas are being hunted relentlessly. Photo: Huy Thu |
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