Tribal hunting culture has its traditional habits that need to be learned and followed.

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[Reporter Yang Mianjie/Taipei Report] The poaching of Taiwan black bears in Pingtung County sparked social discussion on aboriginal hunting behavior. Zhong Xinghua, deputy chairman of the Aboriginal Association, Calivat.

Gadu said in an interview today that this has violated the hunting needs and traditional habits of the aborigines, and it is an out-of-order behavior that violates cultural taboos. Those who violate the law by hunting endangered wild animals should be punished according to the relevant provisions of the Wildlife Conservation Law handle.

Zhong Xinghua emphasized that although the Constitution guarantees the hunting rights of indigenous peoples, it should abide by the core values ​​of hunting culture of indigenous peoples. All ethnic groups of indigenous peoples have various hunting taboos passed down from generation to generation based on their traditional beliefs, so as to effectively control hunting behavior. .

For example, the Bunun tribe he belongs to respects black bears and believes that black bears are intelligent animals. Traditionally, they do not hunt. Hunters who accidentally kill them will be punished and banned from hunting.

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In order to follow and inherit the hunting culture of the tribes that are gradually disappearing, Zhong Xinghua pointed out that the Forestry Bureau of the Council of Agriculture and the Aboriginal Association have assisted and established 12 hunter associations in recent years. Association", which established a hunting autonomy and self-discipline convention, requiring members to abide by traditional hunting virtues (einu), self-discipline to protect the sacred balance and harmony of natural environment diversity in traditional areas, and even conduct species monitoring and environmental surveys through hunting activities.

Zhong Xinghua said that in the future, together with the Council of Agriculture, on the premise of taking into account the cultural rights of indigenous peoples to hunt and ensuring the conservation of wild animals, together with people from all walks of life such as tribes and wildlife conservation groups, they will review and revise relevant laws and regulations related to hunting of indigenous peoples to propose An effective management model that conforms to the traditional cultural spirit of the aborigines, and deepens the hunting mechanism practiced under traditional norms, so as to prevent the aboriginal hunting activities from excessively infringing on the survival of wild animals and disturbing the balance of the ecological environment.