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Tamen cattle don't eat grass and feed cup noodles, garbage cow dung in plastic bags

2020-05-09T04:09:28.256Z


In the epidemic, citizens swarmed to remove masks and breathe fresh air in the suburbs, and the tower gate became a hot spot for picnic camping. However, after the enjoyment, the garbage left over from the grass and hillsides replaced the fresh grass as the "food" for the cattle on the island. Some cattle were so thin that they could see bones, but their stomachs were sagged, and their stomachs were full of glue. Some cattle volunteers found plastic bags in cow dung at the end of last month and the beginning of this month. In order to help the detoxification of oxen addicted to human food, the cattle volunteers brought fresh grass from the urban area. At first, the cattle responded to the grass coldly. After waiting for about 10 minutes, they barely ate two bites and repeated "treatment". Actively eat grass. The cattle on the island smelled the aroma of food, and often approached the campsite to grab food, swallowed together with the bags, and food waste was a common sight. Some cattle volunteers sighed that "glutin is like powder, and (cattle) will be addicted." It has repeatedly appealed to the public not to feed cattle, emphasizing that "take your own garbage away" is not a slogan, and hope that tourists will take the garbage away from the island. Cleaners, do n’t let the Billy tragedy repeat.


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Author: Lao Minyi

2020-05-09 12:00

Last update date: 2020-05-09 12:00

In the epidemic, citizens swarmed to remove masks and breathe fresh air in the suburbs, and the tower gate became a hot spot for picnic camping. However, after the enjoyment, the garbage left over from the grass and hillsides replaced the fresh grass as the "food" for the cattle on the island. Some cattle were so thin that they could see bones, but their stomachs were sagged, and their stomachs were full of glue. Some cattle volunteers found plastic bags in cow dung at the end of last month and the beginning of this month. In order to help the detoxification of oxen addicted to human food, the cattle volunteers brought fresh grass from the urban area. At first, the cattle responded to the grass coldly. After waiting for about 10 minutes, they barely ate two bites and repeated "treatment". Actively eat grass.

The cattle on the island smelled the aroma of food, and often approached the campsite to grab food, swallowed together with the bags, and food waste was a common sight. Some cattle volunteers sighed that "glutin is like powder, and (cattle) will be addicted." It has repeatedly appealed to the public not to feed cattle, emphasizing that "take your own garbage away" is not a slogan, and hope that tourists will take the garbage away from the island. Cleaners, do n’t let the Billy tragedy repeat.

▼ Tamen green grass is decreasing, garbage is increasing, volunteers send grass for cattle ▼

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Swollen abdomen of cattle

Tamen is known as the Caozhou. It can have picnics on the vast grasslands and enjoy the sea views. However, in recent years, part of the grass near the pavilion on the Gongbei Hillside (also known as the Tamen Prairie) has not grown grass, even if there is grass. During the epidemic, many people took advantage of the holiday to meet at the gate to remove their masks. Some people even shared their food with the "resident" cattle on the island.

Volunteers from the Lantau Island Buffalo Care Association visited the cattle last month and found that they were generally thin. Two of them were thin and boned, but their abdomen was abnormally swollen. They suspected that their stomachs were full of garbage but could not be discharged, resulting in severe malnutrition. At the end of last month, a cow volunteer found that cow dung was wrapped in plastic bags. It was confirmed that the cattle on the island had eaten waste rubber. Second, it reflected that the cattle were able to discharge the plastic bags. They recruited volunteers to stop the cattle from eating garbage and record the cow dung every week.

Tamen is known as the Caozhou, but in recent years the grassland has continued to be bare, and the oxen on the island have limited grass to eat. When it is found that there are fresh grasses on the ground, there are oxen who are eager to eat. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Tamen cattle are addicted to rubbish, volunteers send grass to help quit rubber

The reporter visited the island with the volunteer team on weekdays. Two days before the visit, enthusiastic people cleared about 40 large bags of garbage on the island during the holiday. Still seeing garbage everywhere on the mountain side, such as wet tissues, cigarette butts, food packaging, etc. Four female volunteers brought fresh grasses such as carpet grass, reeds, and miscanthus from the urban area. Each person had a large bag. Pulling the cart up the mountain in hot weather was very laborious and sweaty.

Volunteer Carson was the seventh "home visit" in half a month. At first, he noticed that there was a yellow cow that didn't respond when he saw the fresh grass. The grass was sent for about 10 minutes before the yellow cow barely ate two bites. Finally, he went to someone's camp Foraging, sighing "Heart is broken". I have seen someone feed a cow to eat potato chips and squid shreds. Carson was so angry that he was right. He also witnessed it grabbing bread, swallowing unopened cup noodles, etc., fighting with it many times in half a day to grab food. It seems to automatically detect the smell of food, I dare not imagine how much garbage I have eaten. After sending grass several times and repeatedly preventing people from approaching the crowd, Carson laughed and said that the oxen sometimes made a voice to express anger, but fortunately, they have recently increased the time to actively eat grass, and also reduced the number of collisions with other people ’s camps. When eating, don't eat garbage again ", and change their bad habits.

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Yellow cattle mistakenly believe that human food is the staple food

During the cattle hunting, a cow on the hillside was also found to be thin and boned, and his abdomen was abnormally swollen. Carson described this as a typical garbage belly. If the island ’s cattle were ignored, or more Pui O cattle Billy tragedies appeared, the same day Volunteers found three pieces of cow dung wrapped in plastic bags on the island. Billy died in November 2018. After a veterinary anatomy, he found that there were a large number of plastic bags in the stomach. The number can be filled with two trash cans. It is believed that the cause of death is that the digestive system is blocked by the plastic bags, resulting in failure to eat and digest food normally. 

The president of the Lantau Island Buffalo Care Association repeatedly emphasized that cows must not be allowed to eat human food. "After you feed the canal, the canal will go to the trash can and smell the same smell." She said that the cattle on the island mistakenly thought that human food is the staple food, and hoped that by sending grass, the cows would re-eat the fresh grass with more fiber, and explore whether it would help expel the plastic from the body and reduce the consumption of gum. Years, otherwise it will continue to be malnourished. " The green grass on the island is becoming scarce, but the garbage is increasing. She thinks that in the face of the land, even if the oxen eat grass, they will have the opportunity to eat the garbage. The volunteer ’s job is only to "disaster relief". I hope that the grassland can be rehabilitated in stages. Take away your own trash, and strengthen prosecution for littering, so as to protect the cattle's habitat from damage.

Uncle Zhang, a 69-year-old door cleaner, said that he took away more than forty bags of garbage from the top of the mountain alone during the Easter holiday, and still said calmly "as a sport." (Photo by Liang Pengwei)

Uncle cleaner picks over 40 bags of garbage on Easter holiday

The island's garbage is piled up like a mountain during the holiday. A few days ago, a photo of the old man of the Tarmen alone carrying four large bags of garbage down the mountain had caused discussion. The reporter encountered the old man, who was 69-year-old FEHD outsourced cleaner Uncle Zhang. He estimated that more than a thousand people went to the island on holiday days in recent months. Almost every time, a single burden, four large bags of garbage walked from the top of the mountain to the garbage terminal near the pier, five times a day, and more than ten times a day during the Easter holiday. Turn, one person took away more than forty packets of garbage. Others worried that he was too hard, but he calmly faced it as a sport. "When there are many people, it is a secret, and if you get used to it, you don't have to work hard."

Ms. Zhu, who camped on the slopes of Gongbei Hill, said that she would try to keep the food as good as possible, but when cooking, the smell would make the nearby cattle aware of "there is food", and then they had to carry the food and ran away. The nearby campers were bitten off the entire row of bags and bags. After a round of mutual grabs, they only retrieved five points and one bag. They could only do their duty and help clean up the island's garbage. The public Ms. Lin and her husband camped on the island for three days and two nights. They had witnessed someone seeing the yellow cattle startled and running away, allowing the cows to "set the question" in their camp. The weather was hot and there was almost no water in the mountains. Therefore, the husband He picked up a plastic bag from the mountain and poured about 20 liters of water to quench thirst for the cattle.

Miss Zhu said that the smell will attract nearby cattle when cooking, and then they will run away with the food, and have also seen the entire camper's row of bags and bags being bitten by the nearby camp friends. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)

According to the information of the AFCD, the amount of garbage collected in country park recreational venues and hiking trails from January to April this year reached 1,010 tons, an increase of nearly 10% over the same period last year; the number of tourists reached 4.372 million, an increase of about 7% over the same period last year . In the first four months of this year, the AFCD prosecuted a total of 60 offenders suspected of littering in country parks. 

However, AFCD stated that Tap Mun is not within the scope of a country park, so it is not under its supervision. If the public finds that there are only abnormal conditions on the island ’s cattle, they can call 1823 to follow up. The FEHD stated that it was only responsible for collecting garbage on the island. The trash bins had been enclosed with iron bars to avoid environmental hygiene problems caused by wild animals overturning the trash bins during foraging. There was no statistics on the amount of trash.

According to the Lands Department, the location is unleased or unallocated government land, which will provide non-recurrent maintenance for natural plants, but vegetation government land and the establishment of a grass rest period are not within the authority of the Lands Department.

Tamen ox. (Photo by Liang Pengwei)

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