At more than 6 o'clock in the morning of June 29, some villagers called the police to report that in a paddy field in Zhongwu Village, Linhai Town, Sheyang County, Yancheng City, a big bird with black and white feathers seemed to be injured, and it couldn't fly no matter how it was driven, and it kept fluttering. The villagers estimated that it was a wild protected animal and asked the police station to help save it.
△ Villagers are guarding on the side
At noon on the same day, a Modern Express reporter saw a big bird lying next to a tree in the courtyard of the Linhai Police Station of the Sheyang County Public Security Bureau, with white feathers on the front half of its body and black feathers on its back body, and its wings were still shaking, and its body was no longer able to stand up.
After careful inspection and comparison by professionals in Yancheng Rare Bird Nature Reserve, it was found that this big bird was the Oriental White Stork, which has the reputation of "Bird China Treasure", and is a national first-class key protected wild animal.
△ The police rescued the Oriental White Stork
"At about 6 o'clock in the morning, I received a call from a villager saying that when I was working in my field, I saw a big bird fall in the field and could no longer fly." According to police officer Hu Binbin, when he arrived at the scene, the villagers who called the police had been sitting next to the big bird and guarding. Subsequently, the police took the big bird back to the police station.
△ The staff of the reserve inspect the injury
Professionals at the Yancheng Rare Bird Nature Reserve confirmed that the Oriental White Stork had broken its left leg and needed to be brought back to the reserve for treatment. The Oriental White Stork was then handed over to a nature reserve, where they treated it before being released back into the wild.
(Photo provided by the correspondent)