Spring is a good time to travel. For Yangzhou zoo, which has many kinds of animals and plants, it is one of the favorite places for tourists. However, this spring, the four male peacocks in Yangzhou zoo were very sad because they lost their long tail feathers and could not show off their beauty. According to the garden, the long feathers of the four peacocks were plucked by spring tourists and their capillaries were injured and inflamed.
Four male peacocks were plucked this spring
Can't win the hearts of peacocks
Last October, the zoo set up a new home for peacocks - Peacock Park, which is convenient for tourists to 'get close' to them. After the Peacock Garden was built, some of the tourists were too close to the peacock, some were chasing the peacock and making it open, some wanted to touch it, some took out greasy food to feed it
The peacocks in the zoo are blue peacocks, which are male and female. The male peacock has a crown and long tail feathers, which are very beautiful. Not long ago, four male peacocks suffered from the pain of 'plucking' - the long tail feathers were plucked by tourists, and two of them were basically stripped, becoming 'bald tail', seriously damaged.
In the breeding season, male peacocks will show their love to female peacocks through & lsquo; peacock opening screen & rsquo; and graceful dance, while several hole finches with tail feathers removed or tail feathers seriously damaged will have a lot less chance to get the female peacock & lsquo; s attention & rsquo; this year. '
Who 'poisoned' the tail feathers of the male peacock?
There are parents with their children
After the tail feather of the male peacock was pulled out, the breeder quickly found out and made a careful inspection. During the inspection, it was found that the capillaries were bleeding and there were signs of inflammation and infection, so we carried out anti-inflammatory treatment. 'so who plucked the peacock's tail feathers?
Li Wenbin, director of the zoo, said that after the Qingming Festival, there are many tourists who choose to go to the zoo for spring outing, while peacock Park peacock is liked by parents and children because it is easy to get close to. The tail feathers or crown feathers of peacock are pulled out by a small number of parents and children.
Master Wang, the keeper, said that he had found several times that parents and children plucked peacock feathers. "Although we were nearby, the plucking process was very fast. When I shouted, the feathers had been plucked, and we could only criticize them at last. '
Master Wang introduced that in order to pull out the feathers smoothly, some children still step on the peacock's tail with their feet, and then pull it out with their hands. Some parents are still helping, "what's more, we criticize a few words. Tourists still don't accept it and quarrel with us. '
You can't go to the zoo
Plucking, feeding and carrying Pets & hellip; & hellip;
In fact, every year in the zoo, some tourists hurt the animals. Li Wenbin said that in addition to peacock plucking hair, there are also feeding animals, bringing pets into the park, shouting or knocking on the glass when watching the animals to attract the attention of the animals, which are all harmful behaviors to animals.
In 2006, a Sika Deer died of illness in the zoo; in 2008, another Sika Deer died. After dissecting, the veterinarian of the zoo found that their stomach was as hard as a stone. When they opened it, they found that there was a stone the size of an adult fist, and the surface of the stone had calcified. When they broke the stone, there were a bunch of plastic bags (convenience bags, cold drink packaging bags, etc.), plastic ropes, plastic straws, etc., weighing two Jin.
After the "11th" in 2008, there were two sika deer in the zoo who didn't eat or drink. Their bodies were getting thinner and thinner. After diagnosis, they also had problems in their stomach. The veterinarian operated on them and took out two big stones from their stomach, which were more than 3 jin. The stone's' materials' also had various plastics.
In 2009, monkeys in the ape Kingdom suffered from anorexia due to over feeding of tourists, and recovered after nearly a week's care.
In 2009, the zoo introduced 100 little squirrels. However, a lot of cats were released in the park. Within half a year, the little squirrels were "preyed" by the cats.
In 2016, a tourist hid the dog in his bag and brought it to the zoo. As a result, the barking of the dog scared the kangaroo in the kangaroo park. The kangaroos were all scared out of cold sweat. After more than an hour in the room, they calmed down. One of the kangaroos still ran and damaged the front teeth.
Li Wenbin reminded that the common uncivilized habits of viewing animals in zoos include plucking hair, feeding food, carrying pets, releasing pets, shouting, knocking on the glass, etc., which will have adverse effects on animal health and safety. 'for example, carrying pet dogs into the zoo, pet dogs can carry parvovirus, etc., while animals such as giant pandas in zoos will be greatly threatened. "In order to guide tourists to visit the park in a civilized way, they think of many ways. For example, in the ape Kingdom, a special keeper is arranged to prevent tourists from feeding; in the Peacock Garden, a keeper is also arranged to take care of peacocks, but sometimes it is impossible to prevent them," we call on everyone through the media to visit the park in a civilized way and treat animals kindly. '