A Chinese family has triggered a major
public outcry after allowing their son to catch seagulls and ram them into a
large plastic bottle. While a viral video shows the father holding the bottle
as his son tries to force a bird into it, the kid's mother, according to Henan
TV, can be heard saying, "Hold its wings", after the poor seagull
gets stuck in the mouth of the plastic bottle.
The man who took the video, identified by
his surname Song, was on 31 January at the 2400 meter-long Haigeng Dam near the
famous Dianchi Lake, in the city of Kunming in Yunnan province. He said the
family released two seagulls they had caught after he strongly asked them to
set the birds free.
When the family was found catching a third
bird, Song asked a security guard to intervene.
"Let it go. Let it go. Let it go
immediately," Song can be heard telling the family in the viral video. In
the background, a woman can also be heard saying, "We should protect wild
animals."
"I just let him take a picture,"
the boy's mother responded. After being compelled by a number of tourists who
had gathered around them, the family finally, but reluctantly, released the
third seagull.
The incident has drawn fury from netizens
across mainland China. While one person commented, "I advise putting them
onto the blacklist of all tourist attractions," another satirised,
"The seagull: Can I put you into the plastic bottle to take a
picture?"
The family had already left the site when
the local police arrived, an officer confirmed, adding they used the
surveillance camera to confirm their information.
An official from Dianchi Lake Resort
Management Office said on the day in question, tourist numbers had exceeded
expectations leaving security guards overstretched.
The family had been asked to write a letter
of repentance, which will be sent to the Kunming Environmental Ecology Bureau -
which will be deciding the specific punishment - the police officer further
mentioned.
The
incident comes just days after a young boy at Wuxi Zoo in Jiangsu province
grabbed onto the tail of one peacock, pinched its neck, and then threw it
against rocks several times
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