Because of its super jumping ability, Kangaroos often become "stars" in zoos, but it is precisely because of its ability that several Kangaroos in Fuzhou Zoo have suffered. Yesterday, the reporter learned from Fuzhou Zoo that within a month, tourists threw rocks at the kangaroo t

Kangaroos often become "stars" in zoos because of their super jumping ability, but it is precisely because of their ability that several kangaroos in Fuzhou Zoo have suffered.

Yesterday, the reporter learned from Fuzhou Zoo that within one month, tourists threw rocks at the kangaroos twice to make them jump, causing one kangaroos to die and one injured in the park.

12-year-old female kangaroo has severe kidney bleeding

"For more than a month, our kangaroo has been killed and one injured. The injured was a 5-year-old male kangaroo, and the death was a 12-year-old female kangaroo." Yesterday, the reporter came to Fuzhou Zoo. Ms. Chen, a staff member in charge of animal rescue, said that the two attacks on kangaroos in a month have led to a decrease in the number of kangaroos in the display area.

Many tourists like kangaroos

Ms. Chen told reporters that the surveillance in the display area showed that on the afternoon of March, multiple stones hit the female kangaroo. The stones had sharp edges and corners, and the female kangaroo's left toe was almost broken. Healthy kangaroos usually move forward with their limbs, but after the female kangaroo is hit, she looks dull and only supports it with her hind legs and tail, and cannot move.

The female kangaroo's left toe was almost broken. One day later, he died of heavy kidney bleeding

The staff examined the female kangaroo. No other trauma was found except for the toes, so the wound was treated and infusion was treated. However, a day later, the female kangaroo unfortunately died.

Through dissection, it was found that the kangaroo had heavy bleeding in the kidneys and blood clots were almost large in fists. Ms. Chen said that it must have been hit by a stone in the kidney.

A few days after the female kangaroo died, the keeper found that a tourist threw bricks into the kangaroo cage. Fortunately, the 5-year-old male kangaroo had skin trauma and was not hit by the vital part.

Death female kangaroo will be made into specimens

Yesterday at noon, the reporter saw in the Kangaroo Display Area of ​​Fuzhou Zoo that there were only 3 kangaroos left here, napping under the trees in the open-air activity area.

Children observe kangaroo

The cute kangaroo

Like most parks in China, the kangaroo display area of ​​Fuzhou Zoo does not have a glass wall, but uses a wooden fence to distinguish tourists from kangaroo activities. There are eye-catching signs on the fence to call on tourists to watch civilized.

The height of the wooden fence is more than 1 meter, and it is only about 5 meters away from the tree where kangaroos rest. After obtaining consent, the reporter entered the Kangaroo activity area and saw two stones as big as a palm on the ground.

Stones thrown in by tourists in the Kangaroo activity area

Breeder Aunt Zhang said that in recent years, in order to watch kangaroos run and jump, some tourists have found something to smash kangaroos, and for this reason, the zoo has cleared all the stones and stones around the display area. "Some adults pick up stones and throw them away when they see kangaroos. After we cleared the stones in the display area, they went to other places to look for them. It's so abominable!"

The most active time for kangaroos is during the feeding period, that is, from 8 am to 10 am and from 3 to 5 pm. After feeding, kangaroos like to lie under the tree and nap, and tourists should respect the animals.

- Fuzhou Zoo's expert

After the female kangaroo died, Fuzhou Zoo first freezes its body according to relevant regulations, and then sends it to a professional specimen company in the province for skin treatment and making it into a specimen.

Actually, the person in charge of Fuzhou Zoo also listed some tourists' behaviors of harming animals to reporters: after each holiday, the gastrointestinal systems of primates and bears will be disordered, which are all caused by tourists' feeding. Many tourists feed animals high-energy foods such as cakes and bread; some tourists throw mineral water bottles into the mouth of hippos, making the entire pond full of bottles; ostrichs are often thrown by tourists.

There is a clear hint at the railing outside the Kangaroo activity area

According to reports, since Fuzhou Zoo moved to the new site in 2008, the park has installed surveillance in the key animal display area, but these surveillance targets animals rather than tourists. Therefore, in the two Kangaroo attacks, the surveillance did not capture uncivilized tourists.

While calling on tourists to protect animals and respect life, Fuzhou Zoo has also applied to the superior department to install high-definition surveillance throughout the park.After the surveillance system is improved, they can more effectively stop uncivilized behaviors that harm animals.

Source: Straits Metropolis Daily

Editor: Wei Han