Crowd gathers in Aljunied after gunshots heard, discovers crow culling operation: 'Felt like a movie scene'阿裕尼听到枪声后人群聚集，发现正在进行乌鸦捕杀行动：“感觉像电影场景”
Curious onlookers flocked to Aljunied MRT station after hearing what they thought were gunshots, only to find an ongoing crow culling operation taking place nearby.Content creator, Glen Lim, posted an Instagram video on Thursday (Oct 15) showing several people rushing to the windows inside the MRT station facing an open grass patch and looking out."In Singapore, a crowd like that...
Curious onlookers flocked to Aljunied MRT station after hearing what they thought were gunshots, only to find an ongoing crow culling operation taking place nearby.
Content creator, Glen Lim, posted an Instagram video on Thursday (Oct 15) showing several people rushing to the windows inside the MRT station facing an open grass patch and looking out.
"In Singapore, a crowd like that usually means a celebrity, a fight or an accident?" wrote Lim
In the video, Lim explained how he decided to take a look to find out what caused the commotion, only to realise it was a crow shooting operation.
Two officers can be seen standing on the grass patch, one wielding what looks like a shotgun facing upwards while another stands watch behind. Both officers are standing behind a green barricade and numerous black crows can be seen laying in the grass surrounding them.
Another pair of officers with a similar set up can also be seen on the left side of the open area.
The video also shows several people standing underneath a sheltered walkway outside the station witnessing the operation as auxiliary police officers were on-site and ushering people to stand behind the cordoned off area for safety.
"Cordoned off, supervised and super organised," wrote Lim, commending how well-planned the entire operation was.
Some people can also be seen recording a video of the sight on their mobile phones.
Lim described that the sight felt "felt like a movie scene", especially with the haze in the background.
"Blessed to live somewhere this 'unhappening'," Lim wrote, emphasising that Singapore felt so safe that the sight of a crow shooting felt exciting enough to draw crowds.
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Crow shooting resumed in March
Crow shooting operations resumed in March this year on the back of a surge in complaints on crows and incidents of crow aggression.
The crow population in Singapore rose to 160,000 in 2024, up from about 7,295 in 2016.
Public complaints against crows have also risen sharply — from about 5,000 cases in 2020 to about 15,000 cases last year.
National Parks Board (NParks) had previously said that it intensified its multi-pronged crow management efforts after shooting operations ceased in 2020. This includes crow trapping and removal, as well as nest remova l.
The crow shooting operations, spearheaded by NParks, started in nine neighbourhoods — Bishan, Jurong, Kranji, Punggol, Sembawang, Tampines, Toa Payoh, Woodlands and Yishun — before it was progressively scaled up to more areas.
NParks has also worked with the Ministry of Home Affairs and Singapore Police Force to develop a customised operational framework which includes safety controls such as ensuring that the shooting trajectory of the shotgun pellets is always directed upwards.
The agency said in February that the shooting zone in areas where operations are conducted will be cordoned off, with signage and additional personnel deployed to manage public access and restrict unauthorised movement.
It added that all operations will be overseen by qualified personnel to ensure full compliance with the established safety controls.
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听到疑似枪声后，好奇的围观者涌向阿裕尼地铁站，结果发现附近正在进行一场捕杀乌鸦的行动。
内容创作者 Glen Lim 于周四（10 月 15 日）在 Instagram 上发布了一段视频，视频显示几个人冲到地铁站内面向一片开阔草地的窗户边向外张望。
林写道：“在新加坡，这样的人群通常意味着有名人出现、发生争执或事故？”
在视频中，林解释说，他决定去看看发生了什么事，结果发现原来是有人在射杀乌鸦。
可以看到两名警员站在草地上，其中一人手持疑似霰弹枪的武器，枪口朝上，另一人则在后方警戒。两名警员都站在绿色路障后面，周围草地上栖息着许多乌鸦。
在空地的左侧还可以看到另外两名装备类似的警员。
视频还显示，几个人站在车站外有遮蔽的走道下观看行动，辅警人员在现场引导人们站在警戒线后面以确保安全。
林写道：“警戒线严密，监督到位，组织得井井有条”，称赞整个行动计划得非常周密。
还可以看到一些人用手机拍摄这一景象的视频。
林先生形容眼前的景象“就像电影里的场景一样”，尤其是在薄雾的映衬下。
林写道：“能生活在这样一个‘平静无波’的地方，我感到无比幸运。”他强调，新加坡非常安全，以至于看到乌鸦射箭都足以吸引人群围观。
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三月份恢复了对乌鸦的猎杀。
今年 3 月，由于有关乌鸦的投诉和乌鸦攻击事件激增，乌鸦射杀行动恢复。
新加坡的乌鸦数量从 2016 年的约 7295 只增加到 2024 年的 16 万只。
公众对乌鸦的投诉也大幅增加——从 2020 年的约 5000 起案件增加到去年的约 15000 起案件。
国家公园局（NParks）此前曾表示，在2020年停止射杀乌鸦后，他们加强了多管齐下的乌鸦管理工作。这些工作包括捕捉和移除乌鸦，以及清除鸟巢。
由国家公园局牵头的射杀乌鸦行动最初在碧山、裕廊、克兰芝、榜鹅、三巴旺、淡滨尼、大巴窑、兀兰和义顺这九个社区展开，之后逐步扩大到更多地区。
国家公园局还与内政部和新加坡警察部队合作，制定了一套定制的操作框架，其中包括安全控制措施，例如确保霰弹枪弹丸的射击轨迹始终向上。
该机构在二月份表示，在开展行动的区域，射击区将被封锁，并设置标志和增派人员来管理公众出入，限制未经授权的人员流动。
声明还补充说，所有操作都将由合格人员监督，以确保完全遵守既定的安全控制措施。
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