Lee Tung Street Wind Troughs: A Terrifying Death Trap for Birds in Hong Kong

【Animal News】Many human buildings do not take animals into consideration, and turn into death traps for animals. Volunteers of “Hong Kong Rescue Doves and Birds” pointed out that the wind troughs of buildings on Lee Tung Street in Wan Chai have become execution tools. Discover. The Lee Tung Street Management Office responded online that it deeply regrets the accident, and has suspended the use of these air troughs, and arranged for the contractor to study the installation of fences to prevent birds from entering the air troughs by mistake.

There are many life-threatening traps for birds in Hong Kong, such as mirrored glass curtain walls and glass fences. Birds crash into the walls and die frequently. Some MTR stations are designed with glass curtain walls so that birds cannot easily find and leave the MTR station after flying into the station way out.

Hong Kong Rescue Doves and Birds revealed on its special page a few days ago that enthusiastic citizens provided information that a bird was found dismembered on Lee Tung Street in Wan Chai, suspected to be mutilated. Volunteers came to the scene and saw a dead bird hitting a vehicle The driver pointed out that the roof of the car was caused by the air ducts of the buildings on Lee Tung Street. The photos showed that the wind troughs were not fenced, and it was suspected that the birds were killed and dismembered by the wind leaves because they entered the wind troughs by mistake.

Volunteers contacted the management office of Lee Tung Street via email, requesting to follow up on the incident and take measures to prevent birds from flying into the wind trough. The Lee Tung Street Management Office replied that it deeply regrets the accident. “We have arranged for the contractor to inspect the location of the relevant air ducts as soon as possible and study the installation of fences to prevent birds from entering the air ducts by mistake. We will continue to closely monitor and follow up on the relevant incidents. situation.” They added later that after the contractor visited the site for inspection, the use of the air duct had been suspended until the installation of the fencing was completed.

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