In 1958, China's Four Pests Campaign ordered mass killing of sparrows, believing they destroyed crops; however, sparrows were also controlling insect populations, and their removal caused insect populations to explode, leading to crop failure and the Great Chinese Famine that killed over 50 million people, demonstrating that disrupting ecological balance can have devastating unintended consequences.
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One decision became one of history's deadliest disasters. In 1958, China ordered the mass killing of [music] sparrows believing they were destroying crops. Billions were wiped out, but sparrows [music] were also controlling insects. With the birds gone, insect populations exploded, crops failed, and a famine followed that killed over 50 million people.
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