Over a dozen birds found dead in illegal Tainan bird trap, police cracking down
Taiwan News
Date: 2018/05/09
By: Renée Salmonsen, Taiwan News, Staff Writer
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Earlier this week a citizen reported an illegal bird trapping
Illegal capture of protected birds can warrant up to five years in prison. (Image from SPC website)
net found in the Tainan mountains.
The type of net discovered is called a mist net, a largely invisible net that is hung between trees. When a bird flies into it or tries to perch on it, the bird will quickly become tangled and trapped.
A team from the Seventh Special Police Corps (SPC) was dispatched to take down the net. The SPC found over a dozen deceased pigeons in the net, each dead from dehydration, according to TA News.
The police determined that the net was set up in an area of the forest frequented by many species of birds. Police are uncertain what kind of bird whomever put up the net was attempting to catch, be it a rare bird or a common bird. [FULL STORY]
