Link: https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/09/26/1958-mao-zedong-ordered-sparrows-ki lled-ate-much-grain-caused-one-worst-environmental-disasters-history/?D7c=1 Please see link above for source text, embedded hotlinks, and comments.
In 1958 Mao Zedong ordered the sparrows to be killed because they ate too much grain. This caused one of the worst environmental disasters in history Goran Blazeski September 26, 2016
Environmental disasters are common in the history of mankind, but not many can compare to the onw which began in 1958 in China. Mao Zedong, the leader of the People’s Republic of China, decreed that all the sparrows in the country were to be killed. He decided that China could do without pests like sparrows. Mao thought that sparrows ate too much grain and it seemed rational to him for all sparrows to be killed.
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