China News Service, Yichang, July 21 (Shu Renqing) The Forestry and Garden Bureau of Yichang City, Hubei Province announced on the 21st that a Hainan tiger bitter was recently found and rescued in the vertical shiplift channel of the Three Gorges Project.
On the 20th, the staff of the Three Gorges Corporation Watershed Hub Operation Management Center rescued a brown heron while cleaning up floating garbage in the Three Gorges vertical shiplift channel. The staff immediately took a photo and sent it to the Yichang Forestry Department for identification. Send out a rescue message.
After receiving the rescue information, the Yichang Forestry and Garden Bureau sent experts to the scene for rescue and treatment. After identification, it was confirmed that the heron was a second-class national protected animal Hainan tiger bitter. Hainan tiger bitter mainly inhabits ravines and valleys in subtropical high mountains and dense forests. It is a special bird of China.
Rare species of Hainan tiger bitter appeared in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, Shu Renqing
According to reports, the Hainan tabby bite rescued this time is a young bird, which proves that the Hainan tabby bite reproduces near the Three Gorges Dam. According to expert analysis, it may be due to the flood season when the young Hainan tiger bitter was attracted to fish in the channel, but the young bird fell into the water due to the wide water surface.
Because the rescued young birds are weak in physique and poor predation ability, there is no matching rescue conditions in Yichang. The staff of the rescue agency of Yichang Forestry and Garden Bureau transported the young birds to the wild animals in Hubei Province according to the opinions of experts from the Hubei Provincial Wildlife Rescue Department. The ambulance station provides treatment.
The relevant person in charge of the Yichang Forestry and Garden Bureau stated that the next step will be to observe the forests near the Three Gorges Project, strive to find the nesting sites of the Hainan tiger bitter, and carry out targeted protection, so that the population of the Hainan tiger bitter will remain in the Three Gorges Reservoir. The dam area continues to expand. (Finish)