Special "passenger", Heilongjiang orders the big swan to travel south by train to overwinter

The big swan that moved south. Chu Guangshe

China News Network Jiagedaqi, October 30 (Chu Guangjiang Hui Wang Lin) At 14 o'clock on the 30th, the 2668 train bound for Shenyang from the Daggangan District, Heilongjiang Province, North China, ushered in a special The "passenger", a big Chinese swan, a Chinese second-class protected animal who had been placed on the way to the south. It will travel by car to the Swan Lake in Sanmenxia, Henan Province, which is more than 2,700 kilometers away. It is expected to arrive at its destination on October 31.

On the afternoon of the 28th, a photography enthusiast found a swan swimming in the waters downstream of a bridge in the Gagdachi District, and immediately contacted the Resource Section of the Gagdachi Forestry Bureau. It happened to be snowing that day, and the staff of the Resource Section of the Gagdach Forestry Bureau tried to rescue the tired swans ashore after several attempts with the catch net.

The staff of the Resource Section of the Jagdachi Forestry Bureau rescued the big swan ashore. Chu Guangshe

"Swans are migratory birds, and it is difficult to survive in the north in winter." According to Xingyuan Yuan, deputy chief of the Resources Section of the Jiagedaqi Forestry Bureau, this swan is small in size and is judged to be a sub-adult swan under two years old. There are no scars on the body surface and the mental state is good. It should be in the process of moving south. The lack of physical strength leads to the order. From October 4th, the swan entered their line of sight, rescued several times, but has not been successful.

According to relevant experts from the Jiagedaqi Forestry Bureau, the scientific name of the rescued swan "big swan", which belongs to the swan genus Anatidae and swan of the vertebrate door geese, is a second-class protected animal in China and a global vulnerable species.

After some communication, the Resources Section of the Jiagedaqi Forestry Bureau and the Swan Lake in Sanmenxia City, Henan Province got in touch and found the destination of the overwintering for the big swan that had been singled out. It is reported that the water area of Swan Lake in Sanmenxia is 2070 acres, and there are tens of thousands of white swans going to winter there every October. (Finish)

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