{"id":2154,"date":"2023-09-07T23:56:39","date_gmt":"2023-09-07T15:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/?p=2154"},"modified":"2025-03-15T20:09:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-15T12:09:45","slug":"2023-08-16-where-the-buffalo-roam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/2023-08-16-where-the-buffalo-roam\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the buffalo roam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The water buffalo play an important role in South Lantau life.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Their constant landscaping keeps the mosquito population in check while their <a href=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/2023-06-28-buffalo-diversity-conservation\/\">role in biodiversity<\/a> is becoming increasingly clear.<\/p>\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>Support a management plan that maintains water buffalo as part of our South Lantau countryside.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southlantaulife.com\/acx\/South-Lantau-Life-conservation-2023-08-16-herdsman-jean-where-the-buffalo-roam.png\" alt=\"Support the care and management of South Lantau buffalo herds\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>Contribute to the South Lantau Buffalo Society<\/h5>\n<p>&#8212; Feeding scheme<br \/>\n&#8212; Donations<br \/>\n&#8212; Fundraising<br \/>\n&#8212; 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. We advocate for a water buffalo management plan that maintains water buffaloes as part of our South Lantau countryside in perpetuity.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Morning walk in the rain\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wgWrgXQjC0I?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<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/the-directory\/south-lantau-buffalo-society\/\"><strong>South Lantau Buffalo Society<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jean Leung, Chair<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/the-directory\/south-lantau-buffalo-society\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southlantaulife.com\/acx\/South-Lantau-Life-directory-2022-08-17-slbs-logo.png\" alt=\"South Lantau Buffalo Society\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>South Lantau Life donates 10% of all <a href=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/membership\/\">community<\/a> membership fees to the <a href=\"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/the-directory\/south-lantau-buffalo-society\/\">South Lantau Buffalo Society<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Posted: 16 August 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support the daily care and management of South Lantau water buffalo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2250,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[198,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biodiversity","category-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2154"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3420,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2154\/revisions\/3420"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/southlantaulife.com\/now\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}