In recent days, a 7-year-old girl was bitten in the right leg while interacting with a tiger in close proximity at a zoo in Pingnan County, Guangxi, and the play was quickly stopped by the local authorities.
In the past few days, there have also been reports from the Shandong Qingtao Netizens on social platforms: in the Zoos of the city of Shandong Zhuang, a small tiger photo project was carried out by staff suspected of abusing animals and forcing tigers to work.
Journalists noted that the members of the network had tanned pictures of the scene: the staff members were holding a water kettle, facing a tiger on the ground, and the tiger was lying on the ground, holding a very reluctant look in his head.
Newser: After beating the tiger and yelling at him...
According to the netizens, he saw this at the zoo at noon on September 7th: The tiger was probably tired and wanted to lie down and the staff member slapped him in the head.
Little tiger with low teeth expressed dissatisfaction.
In order to get it up quickly, the staff members took the canteen and started squirting.
The netizens who saw this show said that I really felt bad, that it was cheap, that 30 bucks could be taken with the tiger. But it is true that seeing a tiger so badly fucked up, abusing animals and resisting it.
I was queuing to pay, and I dropped out of the payment interface.
I told the kid not to take a photo, and the kid asked why, and I said that the manager beat the tiger in the head and sprayed it with a spray, which was an animal abuser. The children also expressed support for the boycott.
I was heartbroken! The little girl next to me kept saying, "Don't hit it, don't hit it..."
This morning, a reporter ' s netizens interviewed an orange journalist and described themselves as eager citizens.
“Citizens” stated that they had only taken those photographs at the time of the incident and had not been able to film them.
“At 12:57 p.m. on 7 September, after the beating, the tiger's teeth began to cry low, the staff continued to hold their fingers at it, shouted loudly, the tiger was dissatisfied, and the staff began to spray with a canteen.
"The zoo contacted me and said that the men in question had been transferred and had asked me to delete the year card, and I said no."
“Citizens” stated that they could claim that they could call on park surveillance to prove that if the park did not provide it, it would prove a loss.
Some tourists claim to have been bitten by the tiger.
According to the data, the city zoo, located on the streets of the city of Mizhou, Shandong Province, is a large zoo that has been open throughout the year.
After the news spread, it generated public attention and enthusiasm.
According to local visitors to the zoo, “A tiger can be touched in the Zoos of the cities, animals can be fed, a small potmate can carry five pounds of carrots, one pound of peanuts, one pound of melon.”
“Many people recommended it because they could bring their own food to feed the animals, find out they were really out of control, and many people didn't bring carrots or vegetables or even chicken claws to feed the animals, feeling they didn't care about their health.”
“At the time I went, the tiger was asleep, the breeder didn't bother him, he woke up in the corner, he might not want to be touched, and the breeder didn't take pictures of him, but the tiger was beaten when he ate the cloth on the wall ...”
"I've been to the zoo once, and animal welfare can be said to be virtually non-existent, especially when the rabbits are dying."
Local tourists also reported that in October last year, when they took their children to the project, they were bitten by tigers.
“I want to take pictures of the children, the tiger climbs on my leg, the tiger particularly likes to grab and bite, and the staff says it's 52 days of tigers with no teeth, and I don't care. I didn't expect a round of Hitti rabies vaccine, to go to the visitors' centre and simply process it, and promise that the vaccine will be reimbursed.”
In follow-up, the netizens reported two shots of rabies and one shot of tetanus.
Local response: establishment of a workshop survey
The reporter notes that many of the Internet users have reported the incident -
There is animal abuse at the City Zoo in the “Tiger Photos” project.
In order to force the tiger to cooperate with the photograph, the staff beat him in the head with a hand and forced him to continue his work with water from the pot. Such acts are suspected of abusing animals, violating norms relating to animal welfare and causing adverse social effects.
The competent authorities should be requested to investigate immediately and to deal with the units and persons concerned in accordance with the law, to order them to stop the abuse and to strengthen the supervision of animal protection. I hope so.
The reporter, Omega, contacted the Brigade, and staff indicated that the questions that had been reflected had been documented and further verified with the relevant authorities.
According to Zoo staff, the Tiger Photo Project has now been cancelled.
Is it true, then, that the staff members, as reflected by the netizens, slap their heads and ears in order to force them to work? The tomato journalist contacted several local authorities.
The city ' s 12,345 staff told the tomato journalist that they had received feedback from other citizens and had reported it to the city governments, and that the authorities were already dealing with the issues.
Previously, the local civil service responded that the matter was known to the forestry sector and that the Zoo had dismissed the staff involved.
In response, the local forestry sector responded to the reporter, stating that a special workshop had been set up to deal with the incident.
Omega journalists have learned that entertainment projects such as the opening of human interaction with beast cubs in zoos have been controversial in society.
In 2018, a 50-dollar photograph of young tigers by tourists in the North-East Tiger Garden in Harbin, Heilong River, was a cause for concern and controversy, and the local Forestry Authority interviewed the head of the park and explicitly prohibited the act.