In December last year, a Siberian crane that inhabits the Cingshuei Wetlands in New Taipei City’s Jinshan District became a hot topic of discussion when it lost its way and landed at Songshan Metro Station in Taipei. Now the crane’s aggression and territoriality are becoming more and more obvious, and this turns out to be because it has repeatedly been chased by dogs in Jinshan.
According to a Central News Agency report, a security guard named Chuang Kuo-liang has been employed by the animal protection office to do the full-time job of patrolling the crane’s habitat. Concerning a recent report from the public about the crane being hounded by a dog, after investigating the matter Chuang found out that the little black dog that chased the crane belongs to somebody who lives nearby, so he has asked local residents to prevent similar situations from happening again by keeping their dogs on the leash when they are walking them.
Chuang also says that the crane has recently been spreading its wings to threaten visitors who approach it, or pretending to attack them. Chuang says this is because the crane, having got used to its habitat, has become territorial, so he advises the public not to get too close to the crane.
Photo: Yu Chao-fu, Liberty Times
照片:自由時報記者俞肇福
The animal protection office says that in fact both pet dogs and wild ones have recently been chasing the crane, so the office has set up baited cages in the vicinity. On April 5 they caught a black-and-white feral dog, which has been handed over to the Sanjhih animal shelter for a health check, after which it will be made available for adoption.
(Liberty Times, translated by Julian Clegg)
棲息於新北金山區清水溼地的西伯利亞白鶴,在去年十二月曾迷途於北市松山捷運站,造成民眾熱烈討論。而現在白鶴的攻擊性和領域性逐漸明顯,原來是因為在金山當地屢次被狗追趕。
據《中央社》報導,保全人員莊國樑被動保處聘來全職巡守白鶴棲地,對於近來有民眾通報白鶴被狗狂追,莊國樑追查後得知追逐白鶴的小黑狗,是由附近居民飼養的,因此已要求當地民眾遛狗時要牽好,以免類似狀況再度發生。
莊國樑也說,白鶴最近對於靠近牠的遊客都會展翅恐嚇或者假裝攻擊,這是因為白鶴熟悉棲息地後產生領域性,因此他呼籲民眾不要過於接近白鶴。
動保處則指出,其實近來無論是家犬或是野狗都會追逐白鶴,因此已在附近設置誘捕籠,在四月五日更抓到一隻黑白相間的野狗,已交由三芝動物之家檢查身體狀況,之後會開放民眾認養。(自由時報)
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