24 pigeons poisoned and killed with pesticide-laced rice grains
24 pigeons poisoned and killed with pesticide-laced rice grains
2026-03-16
Residents of Linyuan District in Kaohsiung enjoy feeding the pigeons that often flock toward a local temple. However, not every feeder is well-intentioned. Over the weekend, it appeared that someone had attempted to cull the pigeons, feeding them rice grains laced with a highly toxic pesticide. As many as 24 pigeons died immediately. The police have identified the suspect.
Numerous pigeons linger at the temple square. Pedestrians are seen taking their kids to feed them. One woman appears to do the same, casting a handful of bird feed to the ground from a scooter and drives off soon afterward. The pigeons seem to have adverse effects after ingesting her bird feed.
Local resident
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
My kid asked me why the pigeons were lying on the ground and sleeping. I replied that pigeons don’t sleep lying down, they sleep on their legs, squatting. I didn’t think much about it at the time.
Eyewitness
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
The old lady was fully covered. She had a cup around this size. She cast the contents and pigeons went over to eat. In just a moment the pigeons started dropping like flies splat splat splat.
The pigeons that were about to take flight collapsed, while others lay on the ground and struggled to get up. Soon afterward, as many as 24 pigeons died. An eyewitness called the police.
Eyewitness
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
It’s truly atrocious. What if little kids touch the ground unknowingly then put their hand in the mouth? Just look at these pigeons. They were just about to fly off but they all fell.
Local resident
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
It’s Lannate. People used to lace feeds with it. It’s a type of pesticide and highly toxic.
The incident took place at the square in front of Linyuan Guangying Temple in Kaohsiung. Locals believe that the residual rice grains were cast by the woman. The grains had traces of powder on it, believed to be pesticide. Some posited that the woman was motivated to kill the pigeons because they’d blocked her from parking.
Local resident
Linyuan District, Kaohsiung
It might be because the pigeons usually don’t give way to cars that want to park over there. They were probably poisoned.
Voice of Chen Wei-chih
Kaohsiung City Animal Protection Office
We’ve sampled the pigeon carcasses and laced feed. We’ll also run a test later.
The city’s animal protection office is conducting toxin tests on the pigeons and rice grains. But they’ve yet to determine whether the woman was indeed the instigator, as there were also other pigeon feeders before her. Mass killing of animals is a criminal offense punishable by up to five years’ imprisonment and finable up to NT$5 million. The police have already tracked down the woman and in the process of filing the case with prosecutors.
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婦人涉餵毒米"24鴿子當場暴斃" 高雄警調監視器抓人
2026-03-16
高雄林園區廣應廟前，經常有大批鴿子逗留，也有不少民眾會來餵食，但就在週末，疑似有民眾餵食了沾有農藥的白米給鴿子食用，導致24隻鴿子當場暴斃，民眾連忙嚇得報警，警方鎖定疑似餵食者的身分，要做進一步釐清。
大批的鴿子，逗留在廟埕廣場，還有民眾帶著小朋友在現場餵食飼料，就看到一名婦人騎車過來，手上拿著一杯東西往地面撒，接著就揚長而去，沒想到這群鴿子，吃了以後，開始出現異狀。
[[附近居民]]
“小朋友跟我說，媽媽，鴿子怎麼躺在那邊睡覺?我說鴿子沒有躺著睡啦，鴿子都是半蹲睡啦，那時候我也沒想那麼多。”
[[目擊民眾]]
“阿婆來整個人包緊緊的，拿一個杯子大概這麼小，然後就灑一灑，灑一灑，鴿子都靠過來吃，才一下下而已，鴿子每一隻都啵啵啵啵啵啵(掉下來)。”
想要振翅高飛，卻直接就地重摔，還有的躺在地上不斷掙扎，沒一下功夫，全都一命嗚呼，民眾看到嚇傻了眼，累計高達24隻鴿子受害，趕緊打電話報警。
[[目擊民眾]]
“這個太惡質，太惡質了啦!這如果小朋友來不知道摸地板，拿起來不知道就吃下去那就...不然你看這些鴿子，飛起來就全部都摔下來。”
[[附近居民]]
“那個叫萬靈粉啦，好像以前人家在摻，也是屬於農藥，那是劇毒。”
地點就在高雄林園區的廣應廟前方，民眾懷疑，婦人撒出的東西，就是地上殘留的白米，而且上頭還沾了不明的粉末，可能是刻意沾了農藥，直呼真的很過分，懷疑可能是停車動線被鴿子擋到，才會來毒害這些無辜的鴿子。
[[附近居民]]
“可能汽車要過去，可能那些鴿子都不太會飛走，可能是被人家毒死的。”
[[聲源：高雄市動保處動保組長 陳威智]]
“鴿子的屍體還有疑似毒餌我們都已經帶回採樣，後續也會進行毒物的檢測。”
動保處獲報啟動調查，把鴿子屍體與白米全都帶回去化驗，但在婦人之前，也有別人在餵食，是誰釀的禍，也都還有待釐清，但如果真的是惡意下毒，導致動物大量死亡，恐怕得面臨最重5年刑責、500萬以下罰金，警方也掌握婦人身分，要替這些鴿子討回公道。
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