Netizens exposed that giant pandas were abused in Shenzhen, and Sichuan may consider taking them back.
Get a small piece of apple after taking a group photo with tourists (Source: Sichuan Online)
The netizen posted that the giant panda "Yongba" has "never had enough to eat" in shenzhen safari park, which the garden said was not credible.
The China Research Center for the Protection of Giant Panda responded yesterday that if this is true, it will consider taking Yongba back to Wolong.
The panda "Yongba" was once a member of Wolong Giant Panda Protection Center, and went to shenzhen safari park from Chengdu in 2004. Yesterday, the netizen "Autumn Moon Returning to Thinking" posted "Who remembers my face when I was young" in Tianya community, revealing with words and photos that "Yongba"’ s life in his later years was very bad. This incident immediately attracted the attention of netizens. One day, more than 100,000 netizens clicked, and more than 4,000 people replied, many of them from Sichuan. They strongly urged shenzhen safari park to treat Yongba well!
Li Desheng, deputy director of the China Research Center for the Protection of Giant Panda, said yesterday that if it is as bad as reported by netizens, he will consider taking Yongba back to Wolong.
Post "I can’t help crying outside the panda circle"
In the post, the netizen said, "I really can’t help crying outside the circle of’ Yongba’ numbered 1#."
The glass outside the circle has not been cleaned for a long time. When tourists take pictures in front of them, you can see that Yongba’s limbs are very thin, but his stomach is very big, and elderly pandas usually have ascites. "From my conversation with the staff, shenzhen safari park didn’t have a regular physical examination for Yongba, and he didn’t take any care of his diet at all." The poster owner said that throughout the afternoon, the poster owner observed that "Yongba" only defecated twice, and the stool weight was very small. Moreover, it can be seen that "Yongba" defecated very hard, because the climate in Shenzhen was hot and humid, and shenzhen safari park did not take special care of it.
It is understood that "Yongba" is 25 years old this year, and one year old panda is equivalent to three or four years old. Based on this, it is inferred that "Yongba" has entered a period of dying. The poster owner said that he didn’t know how to improve the life of Yongba, so he could only post on Tianya.
Question that pandas have never had enough to eat?
The post also describes: I only saw "Yongba" patting an iron gate in the inner circle. After a while, I saw the staff bring her a basin of milk and several bamboo shoots. "Yongba" began to drink milk and eat bamboo shoots. After eating, about ten or twenty minutes later, "Yongba" would knock on the iron gate again because she was not full at all. "I feel that this is not a day or two, it should be a long time ago."
Not only that, "Yongba" has also become a source of money. Take a photo once, you can get two small pieces of apple food, and the staff can charge tourists 10 yuan. When tourists take a group photo, the staff will open the small door leading from the inner circle of Yongba to the outer circle, and Yongba will go to the outer circle. "Yongba" arrived in the outer circle, and the staff gave her a small piece of apple with a bamboo pole. The tourists sat in front of "Yongba" and took a group photo.
Li Desheng, deputy director of the China Research Center for the Protection of Giant Pandas, said, "It is definitely not allowed to take photos with pandas to collect money." Shenzhen safari park has been asked to strengthen management to ensure the nutritional needs of Yongba and stop taking photos immediately.
Respond that the photo is true but the statement is not credible.
After this post was sent out, it quickly set off an upsurge, and netizens accused shenzhen safari park one after another, many of whom were from Sichuan, and they strongly demanded to be kind to Yongba!
In the face of sudden accusations and abuse, Director Zeng of shenzhen safari park said yesterday that the panda in the photo was indeed Panda No.1, and the location was also taken in the zoo. However, some claims are not credible, and the allegations of panda abuse are not reliable. According to the zoo’s calculation, this panda spends about 50,000 yuan a year. Director Zeng said that the panda’s senile diseases do exist, but the zoo has not given up treatment. There will be regular physical examinations every year. Master Yuan, the breeder, said that this panda is in good condition and can still eat bamboo by itself.
Investigating shenzhen safari park was asked to rectify.
Yesterday, Li Desheng told reporters that the China Research Center for the Protection of Giant Pandas has received a response, and has asked shenzhen safari park to give a written reply on the current living conditions of Yongba, and to rectify the existing problems within a time limit. Whether there is "maltreatment" of "Yongba" in shenzhen safari park, Li Desheng said that there may be a problem in a certain link in shenzhen safari park, and it is not certain that the park has maltreated "Yongba" until the final investigation results come out. Li Desheng said that if it’s as bad as reported by netizens, the China Research Center for the Protection of Giant Panda will consider taking Yongba back to Wolong.
The Guangdong Forestry Bureau also said yesterday afternoon that it is currently investigating the matter.
(Chengdu Business Daily reporter Liu Wei Guo Jingjing Southern Metropolis Daily)
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Netizen’s original post (excerpt)
Who remembers?
My face when I was young
The panda "Yongba", numbered 1#, may not be known to many people, but when it comes to "Tim Tian", "Mei Xiang" and "Little Mount Tai" in the Washington Zoo in the United States, many people may be familiar with it, and "Yongba" is Tim Tian’s biological mother, that is, the grandmother of Little Mount Tai.
After a turn, I mainly want to say "Yongba". In fact, I am a very lazy person, and I belong to the person who dives with an oxygen bottle. Did I think about it before posting? Or anthropomorphic? Later, when I really started typing, I thought it was better to have a peaceful narrative.
"Yongba" is 25 years old this year, and a panda is about three or four years old. It can be said that "Yongba" has entered a period of dying. She came to shenzhen safari park to settle down in 2004. To be ashamed, I only began to pay attention to the life of our national treasure last year. I spent more than two months in the forum of our panda home. A friend in the group said that "Yongba" was in Shenzhen and heard that life was not very good.
According to my observation one afternoon, Yongba has eaten very little bamboo leaves. When I came back last night, I asked a panda wet nurse. The wet nurse said: Generally, elderly pandas should not drink milk any more, which is bad for their health. Grandma Bath, a panda in Fuzhou, eats chopped bamboo leaves, and two apples are scraped into silk a day. Besides, elderly pandas generally have accumulated water in their stomachs. Bath has always taken medicine and health care products. And these are all luxuries for "Yongba". "Yongba" can only eat two pots of milk a day, and it can only be eaten three times. Apples can only be obtained by taking photos with tourists, and only two small pieces of apples can be obtained by taking a photo together. "Yongba" doesn’t have any medicines and health products. The 25-year-old panda may have no use value in the eyes of many people. When she was young, she made great contributions to the captive panda population. Her sons "Tian Tian" and "Long Fei" (now Fuzhou Panda World); Daughters "Sissy" (that is, the giant panda that disappeared and was recovered in the "5.12" earthquake) and "Princess"; The Olympic pandas "Macy" and "Feng Yi" are the granddaughters of "Yongba". Now that I’m old, I can’t have any more children, so I have to come to shenzhen safari park to support the elderly. Can’t I give Yongba some dignity and care?
Editor: Li Xiuwei