The trunk of the accident car shocked Qian Baoshan in Zhongyang County, Xi'an: Investigation results will be released as soon as possible
On July 14, a leopard appeared in the trunk of an accident car in Zhongyang County, Shanxi Province, which caused widespread concern. Netizens suspected that this was a poaching operation.
On July 16, a staff member of the Propaganda Department of the Zhongyang County Party Committee told reporters that the relevant departments are investigating the matter and the results of the investigation will be released as soon as the investigation is over.
Netizens questioned:
"Normal people who dare to pick up leopards"
Huang Qiaowen, head of the "China Feline Conservation Alliance" (hereinafter referred to as CFCA), which is engaged in leopard monitoring, research and protection in Shanxi all year round, introduced that on July 13, a volunteer saw it in the WeChat group of Shanxi Wildlife Conservation A video of Leopard appears in the trunk of the car.
Through the video, it can be seen that the trunk of the car in front of the car in the accident was knocked open, and there was a leopard lying inside. Someone touched it with their hands, but the leopard did not respond.
Soon, the incident received widespread attention.
On July 15, the relevant person in charge of the Zhongyang County Forestry Bureau said in an interview with the media that he had confirmed that the leopard was picked up by the car owner on the roadside. The location was found on the way from Xiaoyi City to Zhongyang County. The cause of death is still under investigation.
At present, the leopard's body has been frozen and is waiting for judicial identification by an identification agency.
"Who would dare to pick up leopards by normal people?" "This is a coincidence."... For a while, netizens suspected that the car owner was "picking up leopards by the road", and many people even suspected that this was a poaching operation.
investigating
The survey results will be released as soon as possible
Liu Beibei, Senior Conservation Specialist of Cat League CFCA, introduced that Shanxi's ecological environment, geographical location, forest vegetation and other conditions are more suitable for the survival of leopards, and it is currently one of the most important habitats for leopards in China.
Cat League CFCA has placed more than 200 infrared cameras in Heshun County, Shanxi, and they can often photograph leopards. According to its prediction, there are currently more than 500 leopards in Shanxi.
Liu Beibei said that in the past few years, leopards have been "slaughtered" and poisoned from time to time, but poaching is relatively rare in the news.
"Actually, poachers enter the mountains basically to see what they see and fight." She said that in 2020, with the help of Shanxi Heshun County Ecological Protection Association and Heshun County Public Security Bureau, the Maomeng CFCA recorded and submitted 18 suspected poaching information. , The local public security educates and arrests 4 suspects.
In response to the leopard incident in the trunk of the car, Huang Qiaowen believes that when a normal person encounters a beast, the first reaction must be to call the police instead of carrying it into the car. “Because an adult leopard weighs more than 100 catties, he will It is not easy to transport it to the trunk. In addition, this is a large beast that fell to the ground, and it is not certain whether it will be attacked if it is close to it."
"Where is the driver going to pull the leopard? In any case, the driver's motives and judgments are more abnormal." In Huang Qiaowen's view, this incident shows that the investment in the protection of leopards is far from enough. As an animal protection alliance, they still There is a lot of work to be done.
On July 16, a staff member of the Propaganda Department of the Zhongyang County Party Committee told reporters that the relevant departments are investigating the matter and the results of the investigation will be released as soon as the investigation is over.
Chengdu Commercial Daily-Red Star News reporter Pan Junwen and intern Lin Qianbing