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Magpies destroy 5,000 kg of apples in a month
(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-10-14 08:58 A growing number of magpies are giving farmers of a village near Dalian, Liaoning province, a hard time as the birds eat up all the apples they grow. The magpies have already destroyed 5,000 kg of apples in the past month.
![]() "The situation is getting worse as the population of magpies is growing in the region. We don't know how to save our apples," said a farmer. (Peninsula Morning Post) |