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Red-beak gulls in Kunming
(newsphoto)
Updated: 2006-01-11 13:48
Red-beaked gulls swim in a lake in Kunming,
southwest China's Yunnan Province January 11, 2006. Amid fears of bird
flu, the number of Kunming residents volunteering to feed the gulls has
dropped, leading to a sharp drop of red-beaked gulls in the winter. It is
reported that about 14,000 gulls fly to the downtown areas this year, a
drop of 5,000 over the previous year. The city government called for
volunteers to feed the birds and provided financial subsidies for
residents who feed the birds. [newsphoto] |
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