Beijing News (reporter Guo Yimeng) On November 4, a popular science blogger posted on Weibo that Hengshui Wildlife Park was suspected of abusing young monkeys. Hengshui Wildlife Park posted a video of young monkeys smoking on an officially certified account of a short video platform. In this regard, the account private message replied to the Beijing News reporter: "Just posing through the monkey to advise everyone not to smoke." Not really smoking for monkeys. ”
The official account of Hengshui Wildlife Park has repeatedly published videos of young monkeys smoking, and the videos were deleted after the reporter contacted them. Image source: Video screenshot
In the video, a young monkey dressed in clothes is holding a burning cigarette butt and blinking. After the videographer removed the cigarette butt from the baby monkey's mouth, the young monkey rubbed his eyes several times with his front paws. The photographer said: "I don't know if smoking is harmful to health, do you still smoke?" You also smoked a cigarette. The young monkeys made a posture of falling to the ground, and the photographer covered the young monkeys with a quilt and repeated "smoking is harmful to health." The photographer then brought a plate of seafood and said it was a reward for the young monkeys to perform.
The Beijing News reporter found that the video was released by the account of Hengshui Lake City Wildlife Park Management Co., Ltd., marked with official certification. In the account, there are many videos of young monkeys smoking, and there are also many videos of young monkeys drinking drinks, and the shopping link for drinks is marked below.
The official account of Hengshui Wildlife Park has repeatedly posted videos of young monkeys drinking drinks and marked shopping links. Image source: Video screenshot
The reporter called the company, and a staff member said that the video was taken by the keeper, who needed a private message to contact the breeder, and refused to be interviewed. The reporter sent a private message to the account, and the other party replied: "Just posing through the monkey to advise everyone not to smoke." Not really smoking for monkeys. The account replied that it had investigated the matter. After the reporter called, the video of the young monkey smoking disappeared from the account.
Then the Beijing News reporter called the Hengshui Municipal Natural Resources and Planning Bureau, and a staff member of the Wildlife Protection Department said, "There are regulations on the use of wild animals to perform, and it is not allowed to abuse wild animals." The zoo has the administrative permission required for the show. We have informed the zoo that animal cruelty is strictly prohibited. ”
At the same time, the staff member introduced that wild animals should not be fed and fed at will. "We will give them a notice to further regulate the exhibition activities."
Edited by Liu Qian
Proofreading Li Lijun