
In order to remove invasive alien species such as the Egyptian sacred lynx and green iguana, the Chiayi Branch of the Forestry Protection Bureau conducted gun ammunition management and shooting training to enhance the capabilities of relevant personnel and hunter teams.
The Chiayi Branch of the Forestry and Conservation Department recently held gun ammunition management and shooting training, combined with legal shotgun and high-kinetic air gun live-fire drills, to strengthen the ability to remove invasive alien species such as the Egyptian sacred eagle and green iguana.
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The Chiayi Branch of the Forestry and Forestry Administration has been carrying out the removal of invasive alien species such as the Egyptian holy cat and green iguana since 2019.
The Chiayi Branch of the Forestry and Environmental Protection Bureau conducted a high-kinetic air gun shooting drill. (Provided by Chiayi Branch of Forestry Protection Bureau)
In order to remove invasive alien species such as the Egyptian sacred creature and the green iguana, the Chiayi Branch of the Forestry and Conservation Department of the Ministry of Agriculture recently conducted firearms and ammunition management and shooting training. It commissioned professional lecturers and coaches to teach legal gun use and management and invasive alien species prevention and management policies. It also conducted live-fire shooting drills with legal shotguns and high-kinetic energy air guns to meet the needs of the implementation of invasive alien species removal policies to enhance the relevant knowledge and abilities of relevant people and the Tsou hunter team.
The Chiayi Branch recently conducted "gun and ammunition management and shooting training" at the Chukou Workstation and Chiayi Tianliao Shooting Range. It also invited relevant units of the Chiayi County Government to participate to promote local government personnel's understanding of gun use safety and related laws and policies.
The education and training courses are divided into indoor lectures and live-fire shooting drills. The indoor lectures cover the theory of prevention and management of invasive alien species, introduction to gun structure, firearms and ammunition management regulations and safety rules. The live-fire shooting drills include instruction on the operation and maintenance of legal shotguns and high-kinetic energy air guns held by the branch, so that you can become familiar with the operation of firearms and implement relevant safety rules.
The Chiayi Branch continues to use legal high-energy firearms to carry out the removal of invasive alien species, the Egyptian Saint and the Green Iguana. Since 2019, a total of 3,704 Egyptian Saints have been removed. Since 2025, it has begun the removal of green iguanas, with a total of 3,982 removed.
The Chiayi Branch stated that it will continue to cooperate with the local governments in the jurisdiction to implement the removal of invasive alien species, and will cooperate with the Forestry Conservation Department’s agricultural prevention and control policy planning of wild animals to help promote compound prevention and control policies to maintain the balanced development of the natural ecology and agriculture in the Chianan area.

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