On December 25, in the Altay Kanas Scenic Area in Xinjiang, a tourist uploaded a video saying that he found an Internet celebrity wild fox dead. The video shows the fox lying motionless in the snow, with many footprints around it.
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On December 26, the topic "Internet celebrity fox died in the snow" topped the hot search list, causing heated discussions among netizens.
In recent years, many animal "Internet celebrities" have attracted attention, and many tourists are keen to feed animals, is this behavior love or harm?
Internet celebrity fox died due to feeding? Scenic spot: repeatedly emphasize not to feed
Tourists who filmed the video said that the place of death of the popular wild fox in Kanas was on the road from Hemu to Burjin, when the fox was lying halfway up the mountain, and the snow was so deep that people could not enter. It is said that in the past, tourists would feed food such as ham sausages, but wild animals were not allowed to eat salty food. The tourist went up the hill and saw that the fox was dead, so he called the police.
On the 26th, the reporter contacted Kanas Scenic Area, and a staff member said that he had not received a notice of the death of the Internet celebrity fox for the time being, and he did not know the specific situation, nor did he know whether the cause of death was related to feeding.
She said that the scenic spot has always not encouraged tourists to feed food, and the official accounts of various platforms have issued proposals, "If a tourist calls to ask if there is a fox, we will also explain to him that you can see it, but don't feed it."
According to the staff of the scenic spot, the scenic spot has a large flow of people in summer, and the scenic spot management committee has sent special volunteers to sink to various scenic spots to stop the feeding behavior. In winter, when it's cold, volunteering at the lake is not realistic.
The above-mentioned staff said that in recent years, there have been more tourists feeding wild animals in scenic spots, "Some tourists will feel that they have spent money to come, and if they don't let them feed, they will say that we have a bad attitude." It stands to reason that foxes should be afraid of people, but now foxes are not afraid of people, and when they see tourists, they unconsciously come to look for food. She also called on everyone to be more responsible and protect wildlife.
The reporter noticed that the social media accounts of the scenic spot have repeatedly posted relevant initiatives, and also cooperated with video bloggers to shoot videos of the initiative. In a video released in January 2022, he specifically talked about feeding Internet celebrity foxes.
It is mentioned in the video that wild foxes belong to the national second-class protected animals, and the main food sources of foxes in nature are rats, small birds, hares, etc. Previously, many foxes were treated in the scenic area, and these foxes were sick because tourists were fed a lot of processed food.
Feeding can cause illness and shedding in wild animals, and in severe cases, death. Feeding food in large quantities can also damage the ecological environment and change the living Xi of wild animals.
This kind of Internet celebrity little fox is also known as the little mascot of Kanas, every winter, the food on the mountain is reduced, and the flow of people in the scenic spot is relatively reduced compared with the summer, in the road leading to Hemu Village, tourists can often meet wild little foxes foraging, and foxes who are not afraid of people sometimes beg for food from tourists. Because of their cute appearance and full of aura, they have become an Internet celebrity in Kanas scenic spots.
Kanas Scenic Area has repeatedly issued initiatives reminding tourists not to feed wild animals. The scenic spot said that for wild animals, most of the food eaten by humans, such as ham sausage and chocolate, is high in salt and sugar, and animals will cause dull and sparse hair and illness after eating, and some little foxes will become bald because they are fed tails, and some little foxes will die as a result.
According to reports, in 2021, due to the consumption of food thrown by tourists, a small fox in the Kanas scenic area suffered liver and kidney damage, and was thin and lost a lot of hair. After being discovered by the staff, the rescue operation began, and the little fox was released back into the wild after a full recovery. There are also a number of warning signs set up in the Kanas scenic area, reminding tourists that it is forbidden to feed small foxes and wild animals.
Is it love or hurt for animal "Internet celebrities" to become "conspicuous bags" to feed?
In recent years, animal "Internet celebrities" have appeared on the stage and become an alternative "conspicuous bag", and at the same time, the topic of tourists feeding animals, especially wild animals, has repeatedly appeared on the hot search list, causing heated discussions.
In Qinghai, a wild wolf in Hoh Xili successfully entered the "Internet celebrity circle". As he has been fed by passing tourists and drivers, his body has gradually gained weight, and he can be seen to be rounded to the naked eye, and he will wag his tail at passing vehicles, exposing his belly and begging for food.
The comparison of the before and after photos of the two wolves makes people sigh: after getting fat, even the wolves are "kind and kind".
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Coincidentally, recently, in Shenzhen, Guangdong, a citizen posted a video saying that the wild boars in the local Wutong Mountain National Forest Park are about to be raised as "pets" - tourists not only compete to take pictures, but also some people feed them, and some people even say that they go up the mountain to see wild boars.
The staff of Wutongshan National Forest Park in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, replied that there were indeed wild boars in the park, but the specific number was not counted. Because wild boars are wild animals, the park does not harm them, and mainly focuses on protection.
Some tourists are curious to see wild boars during the tour, and will take pictures, or feed them with fruits, bread, etc. For this reason, the park has also received relevant feedback, and has also arranged for personnel to remind and dissuade after seeing it, and has not received any cases of tourists being injured by wild boars. However, staff caution visitors that it is best to keep a distance from wild boars for safety reasons.
Some tourists like to show kindness by feeding wild animals, but even well-intentioned feeding can become an unbearable burden on the person being fed, causing harm in the name of love.
For example, the orangutan "Sentai" of the Shanghai Zoo, who has just passed away, has been suffering from basic metabolic diseases such as hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and high blood sugar, which is related to the feeding of tourists.
According to the staff of Shanghai Zoo, over the years, the phenomenon of tourists feeding animals has been repeatedly banned, and among the animal exhibition areas, the primate exhibition area and Swan Lake are the hardest hit areas. In 2001, a 6-year-old female deer died unexpectedly in the park, and a 3.5-kilogram plastic bag was found in her stomach. In 2005, a black-and-white colobus monkey ate a kebab thrown by a tourist, and a bamboo stick punctured its mouth, causing inflammation.
Chengdu's giant panda "Hehua" stands out from the crowd by virtue of its triangular body and outstanding beauty, becoming "the world's most recognized giant panda"; Beijing's "Menglan" has an uninhibited soul, when other pandas indulge in bamboo shoots, it climbs trees, digs tunnels, sit-ups, and practices Xi one-word horses, and became famous in the "prison escape" incident two years ago, and is known as the "Three Princes of Xizhimen."
The cute panda, a national treasure, can't escape the fate of being fed indiscriminately by tourists. In May, at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base, an aunt threw finished corn cobs to pandas to eat, and tourists blamed the behavior. Subsequently, Chengdu Panda Valley banned the aunt from entering the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base (including Panda Valley) for life.
According to reports, tourists may be fed food out of good intentions, but they do not know that this behavior will bring harm to the giant pandas, if the giant pandas are overnourished, they will produce health problems; if the bamboo shoots, bread and other foods brought by tourists carry pathogenic microorganisms, it may cause the giant pandas to get sick; long-term frequent feeding of food to the giant pandas may also make them produce psychological and behavioral abnormalities.
The kindness of the feeder needs the support of rationality, what are the hidden dangers of feeding wild animals indiscriminately?
Dr. Sun Quanhui, a scientist at the World Animal Protection Society, said that animals living in the wild usually do not need to be fed food by humans if they do not encounter food shortages caused by disasters.
Feeding animals in the wild can have a number of effects: first, changing animal behaviour and Xi and becoming dependent on humans, which in the long run will weaken the animal's ability to forage for food naturally; second, increasing the chance of animal contact with humans, leading to accidents or increasing the risk of disease transmission; and finally, affecting animal health. Human food is quite different from animal food in nature, human food may make animals consume too much energy, resulting in obesity and physical decline, in addition to human food additives, preservatives and other ingredients may also cause hidden dangers to animal health.
Liu Hui, deputy secretary-general of the Shenzhen Wildlife Conservation Association, said that indiscriminate feeding could also cause safety concerns. Some people may frighten and injure wild animals by touching and shouting, and the stress response of wild animals is likely to cause harm to feeding people and other visitors.
Dai Qiang, a researcher at the Chengdu Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, also said that it is not advisable to arbitrarily interfere with the rules of survival of wild animals. "Unless it is an endangered species and it is due to human causes, human intervention is not recommended. Dai Qiang said that the ecosystem of nature is a complex food chain, and the birth, aging, sickness and death of animals, survival of the fittest are natural laws, and animal survival has its own laws.
Qi Xinzhang, deputy director of Xining Wildlife Park, left a message under the video related to "A wild wolf in Hoh Xili was fed fat and became an Internet celebrity": "If you need rescue, you should report to the forestry and grass department for professional rescue, and you should not feed it at will." If not, there is no need to feed it. I would like to believe in the kindness of the feeder, but kindness needs to be supported by reason, otherwise you may do bad things with good intentions. ”
As animals and humans get closer and closer, how should humans coexist with them?
In recent years, wild animals have entered the city one after another, and many of them are nationally protected animals. For example, in Guangzhou's "Little Bird Choir", there are red-eared bulbuls and white-headed bulbuls as "lead singers", Far Eastern and dark green embroidery-eyed birds as "backing singers"; raccoon dogs in Shanghai hide in the vents or abandoned sewers of residential buildings and pick up roast chicken bones on the ground after the barbecue stalls are closed; squirrels and weasels may hide among the bushes in dog-walking parks, wild boars appear on the streets from time to time, and monkeys will visit people's homes.
With the rapid development of cities, the boundaries between urban areas and suburbs have gradually blurred, and many wild animals have begun to appear in cities after their original natural habitats have been reduced. Is it advisable to feed wild animals, does it cause harm to wild animals, and how should humans live with them?
For the feeding behavior of tourists, some places have issued regulations and norms for tourists to harm and feed animals in scenic spots.
The Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the Protection of Wild Animals, which came into effect on October 1 this year, clearly stipulate that it is forbidden to feed wild animals that grow and breed naturally in the wild. On October 16, the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress held a press conference to release the newly revised "Implementation Measures of the Wildlife Protection Law of the People's Republic of China in Sichuan Province", which stipulates that the management of spectators should be strengthened to prevent spectators from feeding or disturbing wild animals without authorization.
When it comes to dissuading visitors from feeding, the zoo has also gone to great lengths.
The "Beijing Municipal Park Regulations" stipulate that visitors visiting the park are prohibited from intimidating, beating, or injuring animals or feeding animals in non-feeding areas, and those who violate the regulations shall be ordered to make corrections and may be fined not less than 50 yuan but not more than 100 yuan; if losses are caused, they shall be liable for compensation according to law; and if a crime is constituted, criminal responsibility shall be investigated according to law.
"Guangzhou City Park Regulations" clearly, visitors are not allowed to swim, fish, campfire, barbecue, feed animals, etc. in non-designated areas, for visitors who violate the regulations, by the administrative department of the garden to give a warning, ordered to correct; refusal to correct, imposed a fine of not less than 10 yuan but not more than 50 yuan; constitute a violation of the administration of public security, by the public security organs in accordance with the relevant provisions of the law on public security administrative penalties to be punished.
How do you live in harmony with wild animals? People are always looking for answers.
Wang Fang, a researcher and doctoral supervisor at Fudan University's School of Life Sciences, believes that the key to getting along with wild animals is to keep a distance and respect each other. "Keeping a distance means that we do not forcibly interfere with their lives, and mutual respect is to understand their needs, leave them a safe distance and a safe space to live, if we leave them some buffer and distance, they actually have their own resilience and ability to recover, which may be our best attitude towards nature. ”
Chen Yuelong, director of the wildlife rescue center of Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo, believes that from the perspective of individual animals, not disturbing is the best way to treat them, from a larger perspective, people need to fully consider the balance between urban development and environmental protection, "We should pay more attention to the living conditions of wild animals around us, when we have a certain degree of understanding, we can develop the city at the same time, from urban planning, architectural design, Landscaping and other perspectives, choose a way that does not interfere so much with their lives. ”
When people live together, they must be bound by law and morality. When man lives with animals, he obeys the laws of nature. For example, keeping a distance and not interfering with each other is the wisdom of survival given by nature. If you love, "stop".
(References: Jiupai News, China News Network, @农民频道, CCTV, Xiaoxiang Morning News, Global Times, Jiemian News, Jimu News, The Paper, Shangguan News, Legal Daily, Modern Express)
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