When a crisis occurs, such as the mass poisoning by avian botulism in the end of 2002, local conservation groups frequently are unable to make an effective, immediate response and can only stand idly by and watch as the spoonbills suddenly die en masse.
當發生危機時，例如 2002 年底的肉毒桿菌集體中毒事件，當地的保育團隊往往無法做出立即有效的因應，只能坐視黑琵一批批暴斃。