Throw out more than 20 heads at once! Villagers in Beichuan suffer from wild boar
Embarrassment: Due to the high amount of cash crop compensation, insurance companies say they dare not cover
West China Metropolis Daily-Cover News Reporter Wang Xianglong Zhou Hongpan
In the early morning of November 9, Miaoba Village, Yuli Town, Beichuan County, Mianyang was shrouded in morning mist.
Villager Zou Mingqing came to the huangliandi in the mountain, and the scene before her made her blood flow up: nearly 8 acres of coptis seedlings were arched out of the ground, and the leaves were drooping on the soil.
"Damn boar, what do you see?" Zou Mingqing couldn't help cursing.
In the impression of villagers, local wild boars have been frequent in the past three years.
Especially this year, almost every family in Miaoba Village has been infested by wild boars.
In recent years, with the strong implementation of the law of closing mountains for afforestation and wildlife protection, coupled with the strong reproductive capacity of wild boars, the number of wild boars in the mountainous areas of Sichuan has increased exponentially, which has endangered the lives and property of farmers.
To this end, Sichuan has carried out pilot work on the prevention and control of wild boars in Beichuan County of Mianyang City, Qingchuan County and Chaotian District of Guangyuan City, and Tongjiang County of Bazhong City.
Behind the frequent occurrence of wild boars, there are not only the helplessness of the villagers who "dare to fight and cannot fight", but also the embarrassment of the government "paying" to insure the crops, but the insurance company is unwilling to insure, and there is only one complete hunting team in Sichuan Province. Dilemma.
fierce!
Destroy crops and hurt people
Miaoba Village, Yuli Town, Beichuan, is located in the depths of the Longmen Mountains, with high mountains and dense forests, and a pleasant climate. The quality of Coptis chinensis produced here is good and its reputation is well-known.
Rhizoma Coptidis, a medicinal material that needs to be planted under the forest, is ripened every five years and can bring villagers an income of 30,000 yuan per mu.
Zou Mingqing's family has 4 acres of coptis and has been planting for two years.
Due to the destruction of wild boar seedlings in May this year, despite the high mountains and long roads, she adjusted the frequency of climbing from once a week to once every two or three days.
In the early morning of November 9th, when she approached her home Huanglian and found the mess on the ground, she stamped her feet with anger on the spot.
Zou Mingqing said that she has asked people to replenish the seedlings twice this year, and the labor cost has cost more than 2,000 yuan.
In the face of wild boar destruction, the villagers did not think of a solution, but because wild boar is a protected animal, the villagers can only drive away by frightening.
Li Faqing, a 62-year-old villager, said that in the first half of last year, thousands of kilograms of konjac seeds in his family were picked up by wild boars. The roots and leaves of konjac were eaten by wild boars, and the exposed konjac was frozen to death. It should have been harvested. For more than 10,000 catties of konjac, only more than 500 catties were collected, and the loss was tens of thousands of yuan.
Li Faqing tried to tie the throwing cannon to the corn. The wild boar ran back into the mountains after biting the firecrackers.
But when the wild boar found that the firecrackers were not particularly threatening, they went back and forth.
In addition, the wild boar will also "sneak attack" tactics, destroying a little here and a little there.
Wild boars not only destroy crops, but also injure local villagers.
On March 23 this year, Ma Jiuyu, a 66-year-old man from Baini Township, Beichuan County, was attacked by wild boars while working in his woodland, causing injuries to multiple parts of his body.
After being bitten by a wild boar, the old man tried his best to call his family. When the family rushed to the scene, they found that the old man was lying on the ground dying and his body was bloody.
The scourge of wild boars is not small, but the villagers can't fight, and they can't fight it.
The impact of a small wild boar is enough to injure an adult.
many!
More than 20 heads found at a time
An invitation letter with the official seal of the Natural Resources Bureau of Beichuan Qiang Autonomous County showed that in 2021, wild boars in many places in Beichuan destroyed crops. The local area invited the Jiangyou City Wanbao Wildlife Professional Hunting and Rescue Center to start emergency treatment, hunting the harmful wild boar, and signed The time is September 27 this year.
More than a month later, on November 11 and 12, the Jiangyou Wanbao Hunting and Rescue Center was invited to take the Xiqiang Conservation Farm Hunting Team, which was newly established in Beichuan two months ago, to deal with the harmful wild boar.
On the morning of the 11th, the hunting team came to Dongxi Village, Qushan Town.
When I first arrived at the back mountain, I heard that a villager was trapped by a wild boar.
The trapped villagers climbed up a tree and kept calling for help.
The hunting team released the hunting dogs and rushed to the trapped villagers.
"After hearing the slurping sound, we should encircle and block," said Lu Yongkui, the deputy captain of the Xiqiang Protecting Agricultural Hunting Team. The head dog "Red Tiger" and several other hunting dogs rushed towards the wild boar.
"In less than 10 minutes, I heard the screams of the hounds." Lu Yongkui and the others followed and saw that the head dog "Red Tiger" fell to the ground, convulsing constantly, and the whole ass was bitten, and he was dying.
At the scene, several other hounds were surrounding a big wild boar, constantly biting.
"After the wild boar saw us, he raised his head and prepared to rush towards us. The team members took advantage of the opportunity of the wild boar to raise their head and shot to death." Lu Yongkui said, "Red Tiger" is a hunting dog they just bought back for more than 40,000 yuan some time ago. "Unexpectedly, it would be scrapped once." Afterwards, the team members buried the "Red Tiger" on the mountain and treated the killed wild boar weighing 280 catties to a harmless treatment.
On the morning of the 12th, the hunting team was divided into three groups, and each took two hounds to rush to the wild boar infestation again.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the hunting team in the middle road found traces of wild boars in a mountain col.
"The hound kept barking, it should have found the wild boar." Lu Yongkui hurriedly contacted the team members.
When the team members surrounded it, a frightened little wild boar ran around. As a result, the whole group of wild boars blew up and ran to Lijiaping behind another mountain.
The search continued, and Lu Yongkui heard the hunting team's message from the walkie-talkie: "The radishes in a carrot field in Lijiaping were all destroyed by wild boars." "It should be the group that just ran over from the col. There are more than 20 large and small. "
Lu Yongkui said that sometimes, due to various factors, it may not be possible to see the wild boar.
difficult!
There are hunting teams and no guns
Because of the damage caused by wild boars, this year Beichuan County invited Jiangyou, a complete hunting team, to Beichuan to protect the farmers. However, it was not until November 11 that the Jiangyou hunting team had a "schedule."
Why did Beichuan set up its own hunting team and invite Jiangyou's Wanbao Rescue Center to help with emergency response?
"Our Xiqiang Protecting Farmers Hunting Team in Beichuan was established, and the team members are in place, but the gun permit has not been approved." Lu Yongkui said that the wild boars are flooding and the villagers' losses are increasing. "We don't have guns, we just rely on it. A few hunting dogs rushed up, and it didn't work at all. I hope that the relevant departments can issue a gun license to us, so that we can buy back the hunting gun as soon as possible, so that the villagers can recover their losses as soon as possible."
This confusion is not limited to Beichuan.
In an interview with reporters, Li Bin, director of the Tongjiang County Wildlife Conservation Center, said that at present, the Tongjiang Forestry Department has declared a total of 6 hunting teams, "I hope to apply for guns for them. Without guns, it is very difficult to kill wild boars."
embarrassed!
Insurance policy
This year, Beichuan County has invested 150,000 yuan to purchase public liability insurance for wild animals.
As of the end of October, insurance companies have settled 223 claims, with a compensation amount of more than 200,000 yuan, including 70,000 yuan for medical expenses and disability compensation for Ma Jiuyu in Baini Township, and the insurance period has not yet expired.
The reporter learned from relevant persons of the insurance company that vegetables such as konjac and medicinal materials such as coptis have high economic value and relatively higher insurance premiums.
As for the situation where every family in Miaoba Village, Yuli Town, Beichuan has been infested by wild boars, generally speaking, they dare not to insure, even if there is a high premium.
Because of the wild boars, Coptis chinensis is prone to losses, and the compensation will be a lot of money.
The relevant person in charge of Beichuan County also told reporters that whether it is to support the work of the hunting team or pay premiums for cash crops, the current local finances are under considerable pressure.
In July this year, the Sichuan Forestry and Grassland Bureau included Beichuan County in Mianyang City, Qingchuan County and Chaotian District in Guangyuan City, and Tongjiang County in Bazhong City into pilot counties for the prevention and control of wild boars.
For wild boars that are endangering the lives and property of the people and entering urban areas or densely populated areas, effective measures shall be taken to control or eliminate the hazards in accordance with the principle of emergency response, and they may be killed if necessary.