Following the closing of this season's business of "Nagara River Cormorant" in Gifu City last week, a cormorant health check was conducted on the 21st.
Gifu City conducts health examinations of cormorants every year before and after the "Nagara River Cormorant" season, and on the 21st, veterinarians visited the homes of six cormorants and diagnosed a total of more than 100 birds.
Of these, at the home of Masahiko Sugiyama, the representative of the cormorant in Nagara, Gifu City, he put the cormorant in a basket to weigh it, and while holding his neck and wings to prevent it from going wild, he was vaccinated against infectious diseases.
"Nagara River Ukai" is held from May to October every year, but the number of days that the opening was postponed or interrupted due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection was 67 days, which is less than half of the usual year, so far. The least.
Mr. Sugiyama, the representative of the cormorant, said, "I am grateful to the cormorant who survived the fishing even though I could not get out of the river and the rhythm of my life was broken. Next year, many people will be able to see the fishing. I want you to do it. "