Introduction: In 2014, a wild giant panda ran into a village and bit a villager. After the villagers were injured, the treatment costs were very high, and the two parties had been negotiating to no avail as to who should pay compensation. How was this matter resolved in the end? Today, the editor is here to talk to you about this incident back then.
A giant panda ran down the mountain
On March 1, 2014, a wild giant panda suddenly appeared in Liziba Village in Wen County, Gansu Province. After discovering the giant panda, the villagers were very excited. Many people took pictures of the giant panda and watched, but what happened next frightened the villagers.
Liziba Village borders Sichuan Province. The climate and environment are relatively suitable for giant pandas to survive. It has also been classified as a national nature reserve. Most of the villagers make a living by growing tea, and it is relatively normal to find giant pandas in this place.
When the villagers discovered the giant panda, they also knew that it was a nationally protected animal, so the village cadres quickly notified the forest ranger, who in turn notified the nature reserve administration.
After receiving the notice, the staff of the Nature Reserve Management Bureau quickly drove to Liziba Village. They had to first determine whether the giant panda was injured. If not, they had to find a way to release it into the wild.
After arriving at Liziba Village, the staff had never seen wild giant pandas, so they took pictures of giant pandas with the villagers.
Someone was holding a wedding banquet in Liziba Village that day, so many people came out to see the giant panda, and they quickly drove the giant panda from the east end of the village to the west end.
The bitten villager
Then, the giant panda climbed up a hillside at the west end of the village. On the hillside was the tea garden of villager Uncle Guan. Uncle Guan was busy in the tea garden at this time, but he didn't know that a man was climbing up behind him. A giant panda.
Hearing the noise coming from behind, Uncle Guan just turned around to check the situation, but was surprised to find a giant panda right behind him. Before he could react, the accident happened.
The giant panda suddenly opened its mouth and bit Uncle Guan's leg. Uncle Guan was also thrown to the ground, and blood suddenly flowed from his leg.
At this time, there happened to be another villager not far behind. After seeing this situation, he rushed over and covered the giant panda's head with a piece of clothing. As expected, the invisible giant panda let go of Uncle Guan, then took off the clothes covering his head and walked away.
When the giant panda walked away, people were surprised when they saw Uncle Guan’s bite wounds.
Uncle Guan was bleeding a lot at that time, and a whole piece of meat on his leg was torn off.
At this time, the villagers did not dare to approach the giant panda anymore. Obviously it was different from the naive giant pandas in the zoo. The giant panda also slowly left the village.
At this time, the people hurriedly lifted the injured Uncle Guan down and found a way to send him to the hospital.
Because Liziba Village is in a mountainous area and is far away from County Hospital , the villagers quickly found a car to take Uncle Guan to the county hospital. However, the conditions of the county hospital were limited, and Uncle Guan was too seriously injured, so He was transferred to Mianyang People's Hospital.
Huge treatment costs
After arriving at the hospital, it was the village cadres who helped advance some money before Uncle Guan was admitted to the hospital.
Uncle Guan’s sons and daughters all work out of town. After this incident, Uncle Guan’s eldest son drove for more than ten hours before he came back from the field.
When he arrived at the hospital, Uncle Guan was also pushed out of the operating room of the hospital. A brace was fixed on his leg. His mental state was also very bad. He just said it hurt.
Finally, after the hospital’s diagnosis, Uncle Guan’s right tibia was comminutedly fractured, the artery was ruptured, and the skin and muscles of his right calf were avulsed. The doctor could only reluctantly piece together Uncle Guan's broken bones.
Injuries like this require long-term treatment before recovery is possible.
During the 57 days of hospitalization, Uncle Guan underwent 8 major surgeries, and the treatment process was very painful.
Because there are so many bacteria in the giant panda’s mouth, many places on Uncle Guan’s legs were infected and there was a risk of amputation. The doctors had to transplant some healthy skin from Uncle Guan’s abdomen to the injured area. The whole process was very difficult. pain.
What makes Uncle Guan’s family even more anxious is that Uncle Guan’s family can no longer afford the expensive treatment costs. After Mr. Guan was bitten by a panda, the local nature reserve administration first borrowed some money from the Liziba Village Committee to help Mr. Guan receive medical treatment. The village lent them 70,000 yuan in three installments.
But the money was quickly spent. When Uncle Guan’s family approached the Nature Reserve Management Bureau again to ask for money for medical treatment, they were rejected.
Because he had no money to continue treatment, Uncle Guan had no choice but to be discharged from the hospital.
Who should be responsible?
The person in charge of the Nature Reserve Management Bureau explained that according to relevant national documents, incidents of wild animals hurting people should be handled by the local forestry authorities, not their units, so Mr. Guan You should discuss this issue with your local forestry bureau.
The local forestry department said they planned to compensate Uncle Guan 90,000 yuan in accordance with local compensation methods.
However, 90,000 yuan is far from enough to treat Uncle Guan's injury. Moreover, after Uncle Guan was injured, the family lost the main labor force, and his life in the future will be very difficult. Now he can only rely on the care of his wife, and his life has become very difficult. inconvenient.
In the opinion of Uncle Guan’s family, the reason why Uncle Guan was bitten by the giant panda was actually related to the improper operation of the staff of the Nature Reserve Management Bureau at that time, so they should compensate Uncle Guan.
Unprofessional arrest
It turned out that according to the villagers, four staff members from the Nature Reserve Management Bureau came at that time. After they saw the giant panda, they wanted to catch the giant panda first and observe whether the giant panda was up close. Injuried. So they asked the villagers to capture the giant panda together.
These staff members did not bring any catching tools at the time. The villagers did not know how to catch the giant panda, and no one dared to catch it directly, so they could only chase the giant panda.
Perhaps the giant panda was also frightened by the villagers. After running to Uncle Guan's tea garden, he found that there were people in front and behind him, so he bit Uncle Guan.
The villagers also said that if they had not caught the giant panda and people just watched and took a few photos, perhaps the incident in which Mr. Guan was bitten would not have happened.
However, the staff of the Nature Reserve Management Bureau said that they observed the giant panda at that time and found that it did not look injured, so there was no need to catch it, nor did they ask the villagers to round up the giant panda together.
Wild animals hurting people is an incident that happens all over the country. In some places, villagers' crops were destroyed, and many villagers could only consider themselves unlucky. But this time Uncle Guan was too seriously injured and could no longer bear the responsibility himself. Someone must be responsible for this incident.
The final result is
Because negotiations with the Nature Reserve Management Bureau failed, Uncle Guan’s son had no choice but to resolve the problem through legal means.
After relevant investigation and evidence collection, the lawyer hired by Uncle Guan’s son believed that the Nature Reserve Administration made mistakes in handling this matter.
Therefore, the lawyer first sent a lawyer's letter to the Nature Reserve Management Bureau, which pointed out in detail the faults of the staff of the Nature Reserve Management Bureau, which ultimately led to Uncle Guan being bitten, and he was responsible for compensation. of. But the other party still insisted that they were not at fault.
Just when Uncle Guan's son was about to sue the Nature Reserve Management Bureau, the other party contacted them, hoping to resolve the matter through negotiation.
In the end, the Nature Reserve Management Bureau agreed to compensate Mr. Guan for various expenses in one lump sum of 400,000 yuan.
Although he has money to see a doctor now, he was forced to leave the hospital because he had no money. Now Uncle Guan's treatment is not very optimistic. After being discharged from the hospital, Uncle Guan's legs can no longer walk. Uncle Guan's son had no choice but to take his father to the city for further treatment.
So, when there is a conflict between wild animals protected by the state and people, what principles should we use to deal with it? The editor of
feels that since wild animals are protected by national protection laws, if they cause human losses, the state should compensate them. First of all, there should be scientific rescue methods, which should not only protect wild animals, but also ensure the interests of people. Secondly, there should be full compensation, that is to say, how much compensation should be given according to how much loss a person has suffered. The last step is to ensure the source of funds, and corresponding funds can be established to specifically deal with such events.
Reference materials
Central Broadcasting Network: Villagers in Gansu watched wild giant pandas. Farmers were bitten and were compensated 400,000 yuan
China News Network: Giant pandas in Gansu went down the mountain and entered the village to track: they bit a villager and returned to the forest
