(Baonghean.vn) - After storms, wild birds are hunted relentlessly to be sold as food, drinking bait... Birds of all sizes are trapped and mercilessly exterminated.
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| During the stormy season, birds that cannot fly often fall down and get injured, creating conditions for people to catch and slaughter. Thus, during the stormy season every year, birds become increasingly scarce and are increasingly exterminated. In the photo: An old man over 70 years old in Quynh Thanh commune is applying sticky resin to a tool to "trap wild birds". |
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| The herons are raised by Quynh Luu people as bait to lure wild birds into their traps. |
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| A motorbike with bird trapping tools. |
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| The bird trapper's tent was set up temporarily. |
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| Van market in Quynh Van commune (Quynh Luu) is the place where wild birds are sold the most; every morning there are about 7-10 people selling hundreds of wild birds of all kinds. |
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| Processed wild birds and storks are sold in the market; the rest are kept alive in cages. |
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| A wild bird was plucked at the request of the buyer. |
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| After the wild birds are roasted and sold, storks cost 20-30 thousand VND each; herons 60 thousand VND; cuckoos 20 thousand VND, swallows 10-12 thousand VND each. |
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| According to research at the markets, wild birds and storks for sale are all "trapped" by people in Quynh Thanh, Quynh Luong, and Quynh Bang communes and then sold to small traders. Through the hands of small traders, the price of wild birds will be high, from 70,000 to 10,000 VND/bird. |
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| Children also learn how to pluck wild birds to help sell to their parents. |
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| Even tiny sparrows cannot escape the hands of hunters and traders. |
Viet Hung
