When the reporter was hiking, he happened to hit the AFCD taking action in Tai Mo Shan, trying to capture the "peacock couple" in Tai Mo Shan, which has been hot in the mountains recently.
The operation started at about 3 pm today (3rd), and the Animal Management Section of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department sent 4 people up the mountain, with equipment such as nets, towels and feed, to try to catch the "peacock couple" on the side of the road. Peacocks were rounding up Time to fly away.
Finally, the two peacocks fled the road and went into the jungle.
Last Thursday (February 24), a mountain buddy encountered a pair of male and female peacocks while hiking in Tai Mo Shan, and the photo was posted on the online discussion area, causing a heated discussion among mountain buddies.
Recently, many mountain friends have been admiring the mountains to visit this pair of rare tourists in Hong Kong. Sister Lian, who runs the tea kiosk in the Tai Mo Shan Visitor Center, also met this "peacock couple" when they were hiking yesterday (2nd).
According to previous reports, there are no wild peacocks in Hong Kong and they are likely lost.
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【Meet the Tai Mao Shan Peacock on March 3】
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The reporter was hiking along Tai Mo Shan Road this afternoon and was lucky enough to meet these two peacocks. They were walking along the road and sometimes crossing the road, attracting many tourists to take pictures and punch in.
Tourists took pictures one after another, but the two peacocks did not see anything unusual and were not frightened, and continued to walk along the road.
A vehicle with the Animal Management Section of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department parked nearby.
At about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, two staff members in uniforms of the Animal Management Division of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department arrived at the scene. They brought towels and said that they would catch peacocks.
Soon after, two more staff came down the mountain, and a total of four people started the operation.
Some staff and tourists said that the peacocks should be hungry. One of the staff tried to feed the peacocks with specially brought feed, but the peacocks did not seem to like this food.
During the period, a car pulled down from the mountain, and the staff of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department drove the peacock to a safe place on the grass by the roadside.
[Directly click on the presence of the staff of the Fisheries and Conservation Department]
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Then, the four staff planned to round up the peacocks, some with nets and some with towels, hoping to drive the peacocks on the road.
The two peacocks went up Tai Mo Shan Road and hid behind a curving road.
AFCD staff patiently waited for the opportunity to catch them when they returned to the road.
During the period, they called on tourists to stay away from peacocks, not to hinder their work, and mentioned that the peacocks have spines on their feet, which may cause injury.
【The peacock hides behind the road】
Driven by the patience of the staff, Peacock jumped on the road and returned to the road.
Three people from the Fisheries and Conservation Department held towels and one held a net, and slowly narrowed the area of capture. About a dozen tourists were watching from the periphery of the encirclement.
Suddenly, two peacocks jumped up, flew up, and pounced on one of the staff members who was holding a towel.
They broke through the siege and flew into the grass beside the road.
Male and female peacocks hide in two places, and they chirp as if to find their mates by sound.
[AFCD attempts to round up "peacock couples"]
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The location of the site is a slope, which is relatively rugged and difficult for AFCD staff to round up.
Before long, the female peacock walks through the jungle and joins the male peacock.
Two AFCD staff held the net to monitor, to see if there was a chance to take action.
The two peacocks walked more and more into the jungle. The staff of the Agriculture and Fisheries Department thought that it would be dangerous to approach, so they did not continue to move, and got in the car and left.
The whole operation lasted about half an hour and ended before 4 pm.
The peacock hid in the jungle, and the tourists followed.
[The peacock escapes into the jungle]
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