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Not again!: Another Chinese tourist creates a flap by grabbing seagull to pose for photos

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A tourist grabbing a seagull to take photographs near Kunming. Photo: SCMP Pictures
Sidney Leng

Tourists in China have again been criticised for grabbing seagulls to take photographs with the wild birds, according to a news website report.

In the latest incident a man grabbed a gull while visiting a dam near Kunming in Yunnan province, Kunming.cn reported.

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Photographs of the tourist’s behaviour were taken by an internet user who has been taking pictures of the birds for 30 years. They show a gull struggling to escape as it is manhandled by a visitor.

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The photographer was quoted as saying it was the fourth time he had seen tourists grabbing gulls to take pictures.

“Seeing them injure seagulls, I feel pain in my heart, so I have come forward to stop them, ” the internet user said.

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“I documented how they injure seagulls to warn tourists in Kunming not to harm birds, but get along with them.”

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