Nearly ten thousand people oppose boar hunting

时间：2006-10-25 09:09:25

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Statistics show that the number of boars in Heilongjiang has increased from 36 thousand in 2000 to 70 thousand in 2006. Boars have injured more than 50 people since 2000. (File Photo)
 
Chinanews, Beijing, Oct. 25 – On October 19, Heilongjiang Provincial1 Department of Forestry2 approved of hunting 100 boars from October 24 to December 31 this year in the city of Jixi in the southeastern part of the province. On October 23, nearly ten thousand people in Harbin, the provincial capital, signed their names in a petition appealing to the local government to ban the hunting of boars.

 

Statistics show that the number of boars in Heilongjiang has increased from 36 thousand in 2000 to 70 thousand in 2006. Boars have injured more than 50 people since 2000. Currently with 600-700 boars inhabiting Jixi, the local government deems that they pose a great threat to people's safety.

 

When Heilongjiang Provincial Department of Forestry approved of boar hunting in Jixi, the local forestry bureau immediately drew up a specific plan to that end. Several hunting teams joined by local forestry officials and police officers have also been set up.

 

Some 30 volunteers from an environmental protection organization named "Green Longjiang" have initiated3 a variety of activities these days, promoting environmental knowledge and persuading people to protect boars, not to kill them. Ten thousand people signed their names on banners to support such activities.

 

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1 provincial Nt8ye     
adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人
参考例句：
  • City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
  • Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。
2 forestry 8iBxk     
n.森林学；林业
参考例句：
  • At present, the Chinese forestry is being at a significant transforming period. 当前, 我国的林业正处于一个重大的转折时期。
  • Anhua is one of the key forestry counties in Hunan province. 安化县是湖南省重点林区县之一。
3 initiated 9cd5622f36ab9090359c3cf3ca4ddda3     
n. 创始人 adj. 新加入的 vt. 开始，创始，启蒙，介绍加入
参考例句：
  • He has not yet been thoroughly initiated into the mysteries of computers. 他对计算机的奥秘尚未入门。
  • The artist initiated the girl into the art world in France. 这个艺术家介绍这个女孩加入巴黎艺术界。

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