RE: The Costliest Mistake in History
As you may know @viking-ventures and @bmotives featured you this in week's Pay It Forward Curation Contest WEEK 10.
You're article is very informative. I have to say I'm a little speechless. To think that any government would not examine all possibilities before eradicating anything. Each thing on the planet has a purpose even though we may not know what that purpose may be. Yes, flies and mosquitos completely annoying and rats can post health hazards, yet each is part of the ecosystem. I am a little horrified at how they got rid of the sparrows, suppose since they view them as a pest it's a squish the bug mentality.
Well, if China needs to repopulate the sparrow. I have plenty in my backyard that we can transport over to start a new colony :D
If you read or watch some movies about the process, you'll be shocked... They're drumming for two days around the Polish embassy, and the result was they have to use shovel to remove the dead sparrows. So sad.. If it is happening now, I can imagine how's the rest of the world will react. 😢
OMG :( That is beyond horrific. I think I know what I'm going to read about tonight at work.
Chinese history always interesting to read, you'll find so many great influences of the Chinese to the world too
@cicisaja I did some reading over the past few days on this. It happened in the late 50s, early 60s. and created one of the worst famines China had ever seen. Seeing the pictures of them shoveling up the sparrows made my tummy turn. So they decided to change their 4th pest to bedbugs.
yes, then in 1998 they change it to cockroaches too. but the eardication of 4 pests continues