Question

What was the aim of the sparrow campaign?
A. To kill all the birds
B. To protect all the birds
C. To kill sparrow
D. To protect sparrow

Answer 1

In 1958, Mao Zedong launched four pest control campaigns against mice, mosquitoes, flies and sparrows. The goal is to improve the health and hygiene of the Chinese people. The sparrow campaign campaign aims to increase yields that the sparrows eat them believe will be exhausted.

Complete answer:
Sparrow campaign- This campaign encourages people to take action, encourages them to break eggs, kill young birds in nests, and work together (tens of thousands in some areas) to distract birds from noise and attention until they remain airborne. The success of this campaign resulted in sparrows (and possibly other birds) becoming extinct in China within two years.
Sparrows, especially Eurasian sparrows, feed on grain seed and fruits. The government also stated that "the bird is the social animal of capitalism." According to some eyewitnesses, the inhabitants died in the sky, tapping on pots and pots so that the sparrow could not rest on the branches. Sparrow nests are also destroyed, eggs are broken, and chickens are slaughtered. Apart from this tactic, the townspeople only shoot at birds from the sky.
This massive attack led to the depletion of the sparrow population, putting it on the brink of extinction. There is also competition between companies, government agencies and cleaning schools. The party that earned the most rattlesnakes, dead flies, mosquitoes or dead sparrows will receive a material prize.
So, the correct answer is “Option C”.

Note:
In April 1960, Chinese leaders changed their minds under the influence of ornithologist Tso-hsin Cheng who said that sparrows eat a lot of insects and seeds. After the campaign, rice yields dropped significantly instead of growth. Mao ended his campaign against sparrows and replaced them with bed bugs. Due to the lack of food for sparrows, locust populations increased, the land became waterlogged, and environmental problems were exacerbated by already large leaps, including extensive deforestation and the abuse of poison and pesticides.