Posted on 04/20/2018 4:45:08 PM PDT by BenLurkin
One kangaroo was killed and another injured at a zoo in southeast China after visitors to their enclosure pelted the animals with rocks and other objects in an apparent attempt to get the kangaroos to hop around. The abuse has sparked fury online and prompted renewed scrutiny into the mistreatment of animals at Chinese zoos, several of which have gained notoriety in recent years for cramped and cruel conditions.
Zookeepers at the Fuzhou Zoo in Fujian Province told the Haixia Metropolis News this week that at least one visitor threw “multiple” sharp-edged rocks at a 12-year-old female kangaroo in March to compel her to jump, leaving her badly injured and in “deep pain.” She died a few days later of profuse internal bleeding, her caretakers said.
A 5-year-old male kangaroo in the same enclosure was reportedly also injured last month after a visitor threw part of a brick at him. The younger kangaroo was not seriously hurt.
“Some adult [visitors] see the kangaroos sleeping and then pick up stones to throw at them,” a Fuzhou Zoo attendant told the Haixia Metropolis News. “Even after we cleared all the stones from the display area, they went elsewhere to find them. It’s abhorrent.”
The Fuzhou Zoo said it had applied for funding to install high-definition surveillance cameras to better identify perpetrators. They added that now only three kangaroos would be on display to reduce the risks to the animals.
Chinese zoos have made headlines in recent years for mistreatment of animals. Last year, visitors were horrified when a live donkey was fed to tigers at a so-called safari park near Shanghai. In 2016, hundreds of thousands of people called for the closure of Guangzhou’s Grandview Aquarium, dubbed the “saddest zoo in the world,” after photos of the facility’s barren enclosures went viral.
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I hate people.
Sometimes... it’s difficult to tell who the real animals are...
LOL.. same here!
Have to admit it was funny.. in a good, old-fashioned Johnny Carson kinda way.
They eat dogs. Says a lot about Chinese barbarism
I suspect that 90% of liberals are shocked by this barbaric behavior.
I also suspect that the same 90% celebrate every time that Arab terrorists throw rocks or worse at Israelis, whether the targets are Israeli border guards, Israeli soldiers, or Israeli children.
Do they sell bricks in the gift shop?
These incidents make me like animals more than humans.
one of the biggest lies that has gone on for way too long.
Yeah. The “visitors” thought they were at a buffet and pulled their chopsticks out.
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