[Animal Burst]The reflective glass buildings created by humans may look beautiful, but they have become traps that kill large numbers of birds. Citizens uploaded many photos of “Pulsatilla” birds falling to the ground on the “Hong Kong Rescue Dove and Bird Information Center”, pointing out that 35 Pulsatillas died in the “Yuanmeng Terrace” of Wu Yee Sun College of Chinese University. they were suspected of crashing into the glass wall of the building by mistake. Gian, the founder of Hong Kong Rescue Doves and Birds, said that birds hit the reflective glass and die from time to time. Builders should add other things to the reflective glass wall so that the birds can distinguish that it is a wall he can’t fly over.
CUHK’s Wu Yee Sun College responded to this newspaper’s questions and said it received relevant reports on November 10 and felt sad about the incident. The college said that, according to past documents, the college has never received similar reports, and in light of this incident, the college is gathering pertinent information on how to protect the birds.
CUHK has also experienced strange bird deaths in the past, someone once wrote to CUHK asking to address the problem of reflective glass buildings causing birds to accidentally collide. Some citizens uploaded many photos of bird corpses to the Internet today, claiming that they were found on CUHK’s dream fulfillment platform. Some netizens asked whether they were poisoned to death, but the citizens who uploaded the photos probably died colliding with the glass. The citizen also pointed out that the incident occurred the day before yesterday and the carcasses of the birds had been taken away by the Department of Fisheries and Conservation.
Gian said that there have been incidents of such birds hitting the glass walls from time to time. They may be misled by the sky picture illuminated by the reflective glass, and the whole flock of birds hit the glass wall when it flew beyond. He said that when buildings are being built, other things should be responsibly added to the glass walls so that the birds know it is a man-made structure and will not fly towards the wall and die.
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