1, 2, 3, 4, Put your hands up!
大自然愛你！你又愛大自然？
之前喇叭仔已經溫馨提示過，不要餵飼野生動物，讓他們可以飼食其力。但你又沒有想過放生祈福，其實會演變成生態災難？
根據香港法例第169章《防止殘酷對待動物條例》，遺棄動物或不當放生亦會有機會被起訴，罰款最高可達$200,000及監禁3年。除了因為不了解而將淡水生物放生大海，如果放生的動物在養殖環境長大，其實到了野外也不一定可以適應新生活。更何況如果放生的是外來物種，就等於變相為本地生物引入了非自然的天敵，除了會爭奪其食物及棲息地，甚至傳播疾病及寄生蟲給本地野生動物，以致當地原生物種死亡。所以各位一定想清楚，放生是不是真的可以令動物幸福快樂，千萬不要胡亂放生，不然只會好心做壞事，令放生變成殺生。
Note from “Megaphone” – Mercy Release Has No Mercy to Nature
Previously, Megaphone has reminded everyone not to feed wild animals and Let the Wild Boars Stay Wild. How about “mercy release”? Have you ever thought that it could result in an ecological disaster?
In accordance with the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Ordinance, Cap. 169, any person who abandons or improperly releases animals could be convicted of cruelty to animals, which carries a maximum penalty of 3 years imprisonment and a $200,000 fine. Aside from the fact that freshwater creatures cannot survive in sea water, releasing captive animals into the wild is not appropriate because those animals may not be able to adapt to the environment. What is even worse is releasing invasive animals into Hong Kong’s nature, which threatens the local ecosystem. Such animals could be unnatural predators for the native animals, cause extra competition for food and habitat or spread diseases and parasites to local wildlife, which could result in the death of native species. Although releasing animals into the wild may seem like a kind thing to do, it is sometimes not the way to help animals.
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