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The giant catfish on display in Lake Tödürge, which is located in the Zara district of Sivas and known as ‘bird paradise’, also reduces the bird population in the lake.
Tödürge, 17 kilometers from the Zara district of Sivas, is the largest lake in the city, as well as bird species such as the crested grebe, the red-necked grebe, the stork, the reddish duck, the black sea eagle, the cane borer and the crane.
10 YEARS AGO THE NATIONAL WET ZONE HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED
It was declared a National Wetland approximately 10 years ago by the General Directorate of Nature Conservation and National Parks and a hunting ban was imposed. The lake, which attracts the attention of nature lovers and photographers for its beauty, has changed the living population with the ban on hunting.
Huge catfish in Lake Tödürge scares the birds-Video
BROKEN BROWSE BIRD EXAMINATION FISH
Especially the catfish in the lake has grown considerably. The broadcasts that grew with the hunting ban were viewed with the camera of a mobile phone. Giant catfish, which are up to 3 meters long and have reached a certain size, also feeding on frogs, mice, rats, ducks and aquatic animals, began to reduce the population of birds in the lake.
“THERE ARE NO BIRDS CURRENTLY”
Feridun Çeken, the manager of the restaurant, which has been operating by the lake for 41 years, “The lake is a collapsed lake. It has a history of 4 thousand years. The bottom also has settlements. There are 5 types of fish in the lake. There are huge catfish. Now there is a hunting ban. There were thousands of species of birds before for the fishing ban to start. The fishing ban is 10 years. ” Catfish have multiplied since the beginning of the season. Ten days ago, a catfish had reached the edge of the water around the restaurant. We saw a 10 foot bow around the restaurant. Last winter, 5 divers jumped into the lake. They screamed and came back. They said there was a giant catfish weighing 300 kilograms at the bottom. With the ban on fishing, catfish increased and the variety of fish in the lake, which are those that eat meat, decreased. When the fish decreased, the hungry birds began to eat. Wild birds no longer come for their attacks on birds ” said.
“THE BIRDS DO NOT COME FROM THEIR FEAR”
Ceken said that after the lake was declared a bird paradise, fishing was banned and the catfish quickly reproduced. “The birds have slowly disappeared. Now there are seagulls and herons in the lake. Sometimes there are cormorants. There are no other types of birds left. When we caught the first catfish, we caught it in our nets. It took 1.5 hours to get it into the boat . We had a lot of difficulty. The transmissions are already fed with live animals. A creature that eats half its daily weight. A carnivorous animal. Therefore, it eats everything alive in the water. The catfish were allowed to hunt. As long as the lake returns to its previous state, the catfish are growing very fast and the birds are not coming from their fears either. I speak.
