世界之美就在台灣 (國家公園季刊 National Park )

台灣這蕞爾小島，是鳥兒必經之所，但在保育觀念未萌芽之前，必經之所，常常變成
「斃命之所」。農家曾將漫天飛舞的鳥兒，當成是可以獵捕的食材，因為鳥兒會到田間啄食，
所以獵殺這批小小偷不為過；攤販則將鳥兒當成烤網上的美食，成串成串的賣……

在進入本期季刊之前，編輯部透特別蒐羅了台灣早期盛行捕鳥歪風下的真實照片，帶
領讀者回到那段保育觀念尚未受到啟發的年代………

tiny island, Taiwan is where birds frequent and pass by.But before the concepts of conservation became prevalent
among local people, the island had once been a graveyard and a slaughterhouse for these feathered creatures. Back then, farmers
used to hunt birds for food and justify this misdeed because they saw the birds as thieves that would peck at the grains on the farms.
Street vendors would roast birds on the grills and sell them as barbecue in large quantity.

The Quarterly particularly presented here some photos that revealed the miseries of birds in the early times, when people in Taiwan knew little about conservation

(更多精采內容請見2010年9月號季刊)