In 1958, Mao Zedong started the extermination campaign of which bird species?
The Four Pests Campaign was one of the first actions taken in the Great Leap Forward in China from 1958 to 1962. The four pests to be eliminated were rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows.
The extermination of sparrows is also known as Great Sparrow Campaign or Kill Sparrows Campaign, which resulted in severe ecological imbalance, being one of the causes of the Great Chinese Famine. In 1960, Mao Zedong ended the campaign against sparrows and redirected the fourth focus to bed bugs.
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Kathryn Cavanagh
Thereby upsetting the normal balance of nature. Arrogance of some men leaves me wondering.!!
Fred Keogh
A very clever man Chairman Mao, NOT! The Chinese still won't admit that it was an horrendous error on Mao's part. He was responsible for more Chinese deaths during his life, than occurred during any war.
carlthedad
Pooled little rich kid pretending to be poor, had a murderous side to his personality. He had his own parents assassinated so the public wouldn't know they were wealthy lawyers in Hong Kong.
Richard G Schwartz
Good choice to switch to bedbugs.
Jacqueline Tattam
No words 😓
Yunus Ghaznavi
HE THOUGHT SPARROWS EAT A LOT OF WHEAT CROP, AND ORDERED THEIR KILLINGS, LATER THE INSECTS STARTED THE CROPS, SO THEY IMPORTED SPARROWS FROM PAKISTAN IN ABUNDANCE. A BIG ERROR OF JUDGEMENT.
Kitty White
Mao Zedong started the four pest campaign and quizzclub has four pests.
Joseph A. Robitaille
A great answer. I know birds do a lot of good with those seeds.