{"id":1359,"date":"2023-06-17T20:18:31","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T12:18:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/?p=1359"},"modified":"2025-03-15T20:09:58","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T12:09:58","slug":"2023-06-17-save-the-water-buffaloes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/2023-06-17-save-the-water-buffaloes\/","title":{"rendered":"Save the Water Buffaloes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Buffalo Jean &#8212; resident herds woman<\/p>\n<p>Stop the indiscriminate de-sexing of the water buffalo on South Lantau.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdgoDT6Q3-AjYLcSIkt5zPzuCzVk0qa653pIYvg1hxYzE4G3g\/viewform?pli=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Save the water buffaloes<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Where the buffalo roam\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5rxuc9RHGQY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"cBGGJ OIC90c\" dir=\"auto\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSdgoDT6Q3-AjYLcSIkt5zPzuCzVk0qa653pIYvg1hxYzE4G3g\/viewform?pli=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to show your support<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"M7eMe\">Support a management plan that maintains water buffalo as part of our South Lantau countryside.<\/span><\/p>\n<h5>In the news<\/h5>\n<p>SCMP (21 Jan 2024) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/magazines\/post-magazine\/long-reads\/article\/3266580\/how-hong-kong-buffalo-whisperer-went-yelling-and-crazy-happy-tending-animals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How Hong Kong \u2018buffalo whisperer\u2019 went from yelling and crazy to happy tending to animals<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SCMP (26 Nov 2023) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/health-environment\/article\/3242797\/population-control-or-wipeout-hong-kong-buffalo-mama-worries-lantau-island-cows-wants-sterilisation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Population control or wipeout? Hong Kong \u2018buffalo mama\u2019 worries for Lantau Island cows, wants sterilisation stopped<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lantau Confidential (19 Oct 2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/lantauconfidential.com\/tag\/jean-leung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buffalo wars: Yu demands answers, conservationists demand protections<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around DB (6 Oct 2020) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arounddb.com\/life-on-lantau-articles\/jean-leung-buffalo-whisperer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jean Leung: Buffalo Whisperer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Around DB (29 Sept 2016) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.arounddb.com\/life-on-lantau-articles\/persona\/the-buffalo-whisperer-meet-lantau-legend-jean-leung\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Buffalo whisperer: Meet Lantau legend Jean Leung<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reuters (21 Nov 2020)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;Buffalo Mother&#039;: Hong Kong\u2019s wild buffalo savior\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/OJJ5vhFijhc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h5>Contribute to the South Lantau Buffalo Society<\/h5>\n<p>&#8211; Feeding scheme<br \/>\n&#8211; Donations<br \/>\n&#8211; Fundraising<br \/>\n&#8211; Committee<\/p>\n<p>South Lantau&#8217;s country park and wetlands are home to a substantial diversity of wildlife, including the water buffaloes, Bubalus bubalis.<\/p>\n<p>Introduced to Hong Kong over 100 years ago, water buffalo are not only a recognizable tourism draw, they are an important contributor to our wetland eco systems. The resilient buffalo keep wetlands healthy by eating plants that would clog rivers, creating small wallows that attract birds and other animals.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, our water buffalo are being managed to extinction. With a goal to desex all water buffaloes, there are only a few females that can bear young. We advocate for a water buffalo management plan that maintains water buffaloes as part of our South Lantau countryside in perpetuity.<\/p>\n<p>We have only 1 surviving calf in the previous year, and no surviving calf this last year. If the policy of desexing continue the buffalo population will be vastly reduced over the next ten years and be gone completely in 30 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/the-directory\/south-lantau-buffalo-society\/\"><strong>South Lantau Buffalo Society<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nREF CP\/LIC\/19\/59395 &#8211; Jean Leung, Chair<\/p>\n<p>Direct donations can be made by bank deposit to:<\/p>\n<p>Chiyu Banking Corporation Ltd<br \/>\nAccount No: <strong>730-2-002708-5<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Ltd<br \/>\nAccount No: <strong>741-254809-001<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chuffed.org\/project\/feed-lantau-buffaloes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Feed Lantau Buffaloes<\/a> (online fundraiser)<\/p>\n<p>Every year Jean Leung (known locally as &#8220;Buffalo Jean&#8221;) spends around HKD$150,000 on hay and food to feed and take care of the buffaloes over the winter months. She does this to prevent them from raiding the farmlands as well as to stop them from getting injured when looking for food on the mountain slopes. 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