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Jonathan White

“Billy the Pui O cow”, who ran with the local buffalo at Pui O on Lantau Island, has died and the cause of death has been announced as from eating plastic.
A statement on Monday from the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD) declared the cause of death to be from plastic in his intestinal tract.
The AFCD stated an autopsy had found the plastic inside the cow was enough to fill two rubbish bags.
Dead whale washes ashore in Indonesia with 115 plastic cups, 25 carrier bags and a pair of flip-flops in its stomach



They used the hashtag “nofeeding” as a reminder to visitors on their Facebook post, which had received 300 comments.
Pui O is the starting point for stage 12 of the Lantau Trail and a popular tourist site.
The orphaned bovine had been known to check tents at the camping and picnic area in the search for human food, as well as eating plastic food wrappings discarded by visitors, mistakenly believing it was food.
Sad end for whale in Thailand after it swallowed 80 plastic bags

He had become accustomed to human food, rather than a cow’s traditional diet of grass, after years of being fed by tourists.
This is not the first tale of animals dying from plastic. In June, a whale on the Thailand coast was found dead after swallowing 80 plastic bags, while only days ago a whale in Indonesian waters was found dead with 115 plastic cups, 25 carrier bags and a pair of flip-flops in its stomach.
Microplastics in South China Sea at its highest levels, according to samples taken by Volvo Ocean Race crew member

Microplastics in the South China Sea were found to be at their highest levels during the Volvo Ocean Race this year.
According to experiments conducted by crew members aboard the United Nations backed race yacht Turn the Tide on Plastic (TTP), the waters close to Hong Kong showed 75 particles of microplastics per cubic metre.
That was nothing compared to the 360 per square metre found in the South China Sea in an area closer to the Philippines.
Dead whale washes ashore in Indonesia with 115 plastic cups, 25 carrier bags and a pair of flip-flops in its stomach


From AFCD: Billy the Pui O cow recently passed away. An autopsy found enough plastic bags in its digestive system to fill TWO BLACK GARBAGE BAGS. (Guess where all that plastic came from) https://t.co/KWsVuQpJvi #noplastic #afcd #hk #hkproblems #lantau pic.twitter.com/KLiRgRBl7V
— Brandon (@b3108) 26 November 2018



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A photograph of Billy the Pui O cow used to accompany the announcement of his death. Photo: Facebook/AFCD

epa07180540 A handout photo made available by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) Indonesia shows researchers standing near a dead sperm whale at a beach in Kapota Island, Indonesia, 20 November 2018. According to the Environment and Forestry Ministry on 20 November, a 9.5-meter sperm whale was found dead with 5.9 kilograms of garbage in its stomach. EPA-EFE/WWF / HANDOUT Handout HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES

Turn the Tide on Plastic from the United Nations during the Volvo Ocean race in Kwun Tong. 07FEB18 SCMP / Winson Wong

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Lantau Island cow is found dead with autopsy finding enough plastic inside him to fill two rubbish bags.
Cow had become accustomed to human food after being fed by tourists at picnic and camping site in country park


After death of Billy the Pui O cow are hikers doing enough to cut out plastic pollution in Hong Kong’s country parks?

Lantau Island cow is found dead with autopsy finding enough plastic inside him to fill two rubbish bags. Cow had become accustomed to human food after being fed by tourists at picnic and camping site in country park

Lantau Island cow is found dead with autopsy finding enough plastic inside him to fill two rubbish bags.

Cow had become accustomed to human food after being fed by tourists at picnic and camping site in country park