Yangtze River Daily Rong Media June 20 (reporter Wang Wenhan correspondent Liu Shi) from South America squirrel monkeys, The Netherlands' red-necked kangaroos, Latvia's Hong's ring penguins and other foreign "cute things", after passing the strict "physical examination" of Wuhan Customs recently, obtained a "residence permit", and settled down in Polar Ocean World, East Lake Ocean Park, Bird Forest, Wuhan Zoo and other places, and successively met with the general public.
Customs officers on squirrel monkey "physical examination"
Squirrel monkey is a small monkey from the jungle of Suriname, South America, as its name suggests, the body length is only the size of a squirrel, only 20-40 cm, can stand on the palm of a human hand, like group activities, omnivorous, life expectancy of more than 10 years. Because it is a primate, the risk of spreading zoonotic diseases is greater, although it is cute and cute, but the customs personnel will not be confused by its appearance, the isolation and quarantine will not be reduced for a day, the blood skin sample will not fall, tuberculosis, B virus, Salmonella have been tested, and have been transported to Shiyan Zoo to settle down.
The spotted hyena comes from the South African savannah, has an ugly appearance, and has become famous for trying to eat "Simba" in the Lion King movie. Don't look at his name "dog", in fact, the ferocity is second only to the African lion, with the title of "grassland old two", but this can not scare the customs officers, eighteen martial arts are used, the king of the grassland can not escape the fate of needles and blood draws, after brucellosis and other related disease tests, spotted hyenas have also received China's "green card", which has been transported to Wuhan West Lake Wildlife World located in Caidian District.
The red-necked kangaroo is from the Netherlands, and compared to their Australian cousin "boxing master" big red kangaroo, the red-necked kangaroo is much smaller, and timid and sensitive, only dare to forage at night, and is shy. In order not to frighten them, the blood collection physical examination can cost the customs officers a lot of thought, from slow familiarity to gradual closeness, from feeding to slow contact, which makes the kangaroos relax their vigilance, smoothly draw blood, after a series of physical examinations such as viral hepatitis, kangaroos have finally settled in the Wuhan West Lake Wildlife World in Caidian District.
Hong's ring penguin is from Latvia, the penguin is the representative creature of the "soft cute" circle, in everyone's impression of living in an extremely cold area, enthusiastic citizens have worried that they are not used to coming to Wuhan to live. In fact, The Hong's ring penguin is a temperate penguin, and it has to rely on heating to survive the winter in Wuhan. Their cute appearance is easy to ignore two facts, they are actually birds, may carry viruses such as bird flu, they have sharp barbs under the wings, and if they are not careful, they will shoot a few blood marks. However, relying on complete protection and professional technology, the customs officers still successfully collected blood samples of penguins, and at present, Hong's ring penguins have been sent to Wuhan Polar Ocean World to settle down, and now the penguins have quietly eaten small fish in their new homes, and the children who come to see it have said hello.
In addition to the above-mentioned "cute things", there are also African lions, proboscis raccoons, capybaras, flamingos, etc. are "queuing" at the customs to meet with citizens from all over the country. With the improvement of Hubei's opening up to the outside world and the increasing number of wild animals entering the country, Wuhan Customs strictly controls the entry customs, implements the whole process of supervision of inbound animals from port quarantine to quarantine and quarantine, and approves and tests related animal diseases to ensure the health of each imported animal and effectively maintain the biosecurity of the country.
【Editor: Liu Si】