Why is China s rare protected animal, the purple water chicken, being vigorously hunted in New Zeala

Probably because in New Zealand it is an alien organism and reproduces very quickly and there are many of them.

Because the number of this animal in China is very rare, but the number of this animal in New Zealand is very large, and it has harmed New Zealand's crops, so New Zealand will hunt this animal.

Mainly because this place in New Zealand may be flooded, and there are a lot of purple water chickens in New Zealand, which has destroyed the ecological balance, so it will be killed.

I don't know, I want to know, I want to know. The purple pheasant is a relatively rare bird, but it is only classified as one of the three protected animals (beneficial or terrestrial wild animals with important economic and scientific research value protected by the state), and the protection level of the three protected animals does not sound very high, but in fact, the "three haves" and "precious and endangered" are juxtaposed. So don't think that if the purple waterfowl doesn't have a sign of "key protected animals" on its head, you can hurt it at will.

The purple pheasant is a relatively rare bird, but it is only classified as one of the three protected animals (beneficial or terrestrial wild animals with important economic and scientific research value protected by the state), and the protection level of the three protected animals does not sound very high, but in fact, the "three haves" and "precious and endangered" are juxtaposed. So don't think that if the purple waterfowl doesn't have a sign of "key protected animals" on its head, you can hurt it at will.

The first need of life is survival, every species has the right to ensure its own survival, for each of us, starting from ourselves, respect for life is to respect human beings themselves.

Like most of the coot birds, the purple fowl is also very poor at flying. In order to avoid being attacked by predators as much as possible, purple waterfowl usually come out early in the morning and at dusk to feed. They are not picky about food at all, as long as the meat and vegetarian can fill their stomachs, the purple water chicken will swallow it into their stomachs.

For example, the flowers, stems and leaves, roots and seeds of various aquatic plants and semi-aquatic plants are all foods that purple water chickens like to eat very much. In addition, fish, amphibians and various insects are also the food that purple water chickens eat for a long time, and the brave purple water chickens will even hunt snakes. It is especially worth mentioning that the presence of purple waterfowl is also beneficial for farmers, especially in paddy fields, as they hunt heavily on the terrible insect leeche.

Conservation Status: Listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012 Ver Least Concern (LC). It was included in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State of China that are Beneficial or Have Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

Theoretically, the rarer an animal is, the higher the level of protection, but there are sometimes exceptions for historical or aesthetic reasons. For example, in our country, the purple water pheasant is a relatively rare bird, but it is only classified as one of the three protected animals (beneficial or terrestrial wild animals with important economic and scientific research value protected by the state), and the protection level is equivalent to that of sparrows that can be seen everywhere, which is quite embarrassing. The reason why the protection level of purple water chickens in China is so low is related to the overall number of their population.

Excluding the extinct New British Purple Pheasant, there are as many as thirteen subspecies of the Purple Pheasant in the world. This bird is widely distributed in hundreds of countries and regions in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Americas, Oceania and so on (in China, it is only distributed in a few areas of Yunnan Province and Fujian Province). In fact, with the exception of the regional extinction in Mauritius, the purple waterfowl survives and reproduces relatively well in any country.

Listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species 2012 VER Least Concern (LC).

The subspecies distributed in China was included in the List of Terrestrial Wild Animals Protected by the State of China that are Beneficial or Have Important Economic and Scientific Research Value issued by the State Forestry Administration of China on August 1, 2000.

Purple waterfowl (scientific name: porphyrio porphyrio) is a medium-sized wading bird of the family Craneiformes, with a total of 13 subspecies. The body length is about 44 cm.

mouth stout, bright red, short and laterally flattened; The nasal fold is shallow and wide, the nostrils are small and rounded, below the anterior part of the nasal groove, the frontal carapace is broad, the posterior margin is truncated, orange-red. wings rounded, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th primary flight feathers are the longest, and almost equal in length; The 1st and 6th or 7th primary feathers are of equal length. tarsal feet and toes long and powerful, dark red; The ability to grasp and manipulate food with its toes is unique in the family Rails.

Both sexes are homotypical, with mostly purple or blue body plumage, white undertail feathers, and blue-green wings and chest. It inhabits marshes and reeds around rivers and lakes. Feeds on insects, mollusks, aquatic plants, etc.