On the 26th, the topic "Internet celebrity fox died in the snow" topped the hot search list.
According to Jiupai News, on December 25, in the Kanas Scenic Area of Altay, Xinjiang, a tourist posted a video saying that the Kanas Internet celebrity wild fox died. The video shows the fox lying motionless in the snow, with many footprints around it.
Video screenshot: Wild fox in the snow. Image source: Jiupai News
Tourists who shot the video said that the location was on the road from Hemu to Burjin, and the fox was lying halfway up the mountain, and the snow was so deep that people could not enter. In the past, there were tourists who fed ham sausages and other foods, but wild animals were not allowed to eat salty food. When I went up the hill and saw that the fox was dead, I called the police.
On the 26th, Jiupai News 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 it was not clear 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 and asks if there are foxes, we will also explain to him that you can see it, but don't feed it." ”
She introduced that 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.
Jiupai News noticed that the social media accounts of the scenic spot have repeatedly posted relevant initiatives, and they have 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.
The video mentions that wild foxes belong to the national second-class protected animals, and before, the scenic spot has treated many foxes, why do foxes get sick? Because the main food sources of foxes in nature are mice, birds, hares, etc., and these sick foxes are fed a lot of processed food by tourists.
Feeding can cause illness and shedding in wild animals, and in severe cases, death. Feeding food in large quantities will damage the ecological environment and change the living Xi of wild animals, so I hope everyone will not feed them again.
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Source | China News Service, Jiupai News, netizen comments