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Villager fights to protect wildlife and people

China Daily | Updated: 2008-06-25 07:18

Wen Shihua, a 67-year-old farmer, established a protection zone in his village to shelter "little egrets," a graceful species of white heron.

But now villagers accuse him of having contributed to an environmental hazard - because the birds destroy crops and leave droppings in the streets.

"There were no egrets in our village and I made a decision to protect the birds in order to let them stay in the village," said Wen, who established the egret protection zone in 1992.

Villager fights to protect wildlife and people

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