Eliminate Sparrows campaign
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The Eliminate Sparrows campaign, also known as the Smash Sparrows campaign or Great Sparrow Campaign, was a part of the Four Pests campaign launched by Mao Zedong, the first leader of the People's Rep
School students were among those mobilized to carry out the campaign. This 1956 promotional poster shows children killing sparrows with a slingshot. The text reads "Everyone Comes to Attack Sparrows" (Chinese: 大家都来打麻雀; pinyin: dàjiā dōu lái dǎ máquè).
For several years, sparrows were systematically exterminated in both urban and rural areas, causing a severe ecological imbalance.
Emu War
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The Emu War was a nuisance wildlife management operation undertaken by the Australian Army in late 1932.
Eliminate Sparrows campaign
…British pet massacre Emu War PBS series The People's Century – 1949: The Great Leap…
A man holding an emu killed by Australian soldiers
Fallow caused by emus
Defence minister Sir George Pearce ordered the army to cull the emu population. He was later called the "Minister of the Emu War" in parliament by Senator James Dunn.
In November 1932, during parliamentary question time, Prime Minister Joseph Lyons (pictured) was mockingly asked by Lang Labor MP Rowley James whether a medal would be struck for the soldiers.