In the past two days, gorillas in a zoo have been hotly searched.
The reason is that the gorilla is banging frantically against the glass as if it is going crazy.
According to the person who filmed the video, it is presumably someone who kept slapping the glass or did something offensive to the orangutan, causing the orangutan to be enraged.
The manic gorilla is constantly pounding against the glass, spinning in circles, clapping its hands, and it is uncomfortable to watch.
However, the gorilla's manic behavior, in the eyes of many tourists, became a wonderful performance.
Tourists point to the rampaging gorillas and giggle and laugh.
This scene stung the eyes of countless netizens.
"It feels so pitiful for the gorillas, trapped in a cage and angry. ”
Seeing this, I thought of some very depressing news before.
When a netizen was visiting the zoo, he saw a black bear shaking his head repeatedly.
At the time, he didn't understand why, and passers-by next to him said that it was a black bear performing.
The netizen believed it and filmed this scene.
Only later did he understand:
It turned out that the black bear was not performing, but had gone crazy.
The elephant photographed by another tourist, like the black bear above, has been repeating the action of standing still.
Far more than them, many of the animals that have been confined in the zoo for a long time will have serious "stereotypical behavior".
Some are not only stereotyped behaviors, but also self-injurious behaviors.
A visitor photographed a lioness in a zoo doing something crazy.
It kept biting at its hind legs, and it was already bitten with blood.
But the person in charge of the park said:
The lioness had recently contracted a human nail fungus, which was the reason for the manic condition.
Two years ago, there was a topic on Weibo called "Saving Molly the Baby Elephant".
Baby elephant Molly was born in 2016.
Because of her docile personality and clean eyes, she is called "Elephant Princess" by tourists.
However, this Internet celebrity baby elephant was transferred from the zoo in 2018 and his whereabouts are unknown.
In 2022, a blogger accidentally spotted Molly at another zoo.
It is performing an organ for the audience.
At first glance, Molly seems to be having a good time.
Not really.
Someone exposed a very cruel set of images:
Every time they train, the baby elephant wears a rope on its feet.
After a long time, the flesh of the legs has cracked.
In order to please the audience, it is also forced to learn to walk upright and do handstands.
The mahout on the side holds a hook in his hand, and as long as the baby elephant moves unstandard or does not cooperate, it will be repeatedly beaten by the elephant hook.
After the performance, the baby elephants are locked up in a very small elephant house.
There is no freedom.
In front of the camera, its desperate eyes deeply stung netizens.
Is this still the same Molly with clean and bright eyes?
There is also a netizen who took his child to the zoo.
In a corner of the zoo, she saw a brown bear.
The brown bear was confined in a space of less than 3 square meters, his eyes were glazed, his body was dirty, and he was frighteningly thin.
It kept pounding its head until the hair on its head was faintly blood-red, and then it collapsed on the ground.
After the netizen saw this scene, an indescribable sense of despair came to his heart.
When she came back to her senses, she realized that she didn't know when she was crying.
Since then, she has never taken her children to the zoo.
I saw such a sentence on the Internet:
"I once saw a big black bear with no murder in his eyes, lying on the concrete floor and eating his own poop, and that feeling was really depressing. ”
Don't say it's watching, just hearing such a description, I feel extremely depressed.
After reading the animals above, many people may question:
What is the purpose of the zoo's existence?
When will the zoo be a place not to spend money to see animals, but to learn to look at animals?
Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo is known as the most special zoo in the country.
When you come, you may not see any animals for a walk.
Why?
Because the design of this zoo is not to make it more convenient for visitors to see the animals, but to restore the living environment of the animals as much as possible.
The timid animals will hide in the jungle, and visitors will naturally not see anything.
But when you come here, you're bound to encounter surprises that you can't see anywhere else.
Here's how the animals looked:
The eyes are bright, as if they glow.
Here, you can see leopards climbing trees with vigorous movements, and black wolves lurking at the water's edge, ready to ambush magpies;
You can even see pregnant animals digging holes and burrowing their babies inside.
Have you ever heard that zoo animals can still be toured?
Considering that animals will be depressed after living in one place for a long time, Hongshan Forest Zoo designed a moving pipeline.
Under the guidance of the keeper, the animals can pass through the pipes and go to places in different climates.
The zoo also created a sand area for the elephants.
In summer, elephants can lie on the beach and sunbathe.
After the sunbath, return to the parasol to take a shower.
The science boards and slogans of each venue of Hongshan Forest Zoo are drawn by the staff themselves.
Different venues have different styles, but they all have one thing in common, and that is the human touch.
The introduction of each animal is very lively and interesting, for example, there is a wolf named Little Black, which the zoo introduces as follows:
"After offending a wolf, he is now a wolf with his tail between his legs. ”
For the prohibition of slapping glass, the park reminds us as follows:
Hongshan Forest Zoo really does not pay money to see animals, but to learn to look at animals.
The wonderful moments of wild animal life that can only be seen in "Animal World" are happening in Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo.
The animals here are completely different from the sluggish and frightened animals in traditional zoos.
There are no animal shows, and even the sale of feed is banned.
Animals even have the freedom not to be found or seen by humans.
Writing this, I think of a sentence:
A zoo is supposed to be a place where animals are happy and people are kind.
In fact, the Hongshan Forest Zoo more than ten years ago was no different from other zoos.
It is necessary to rely on animal shows to "please" tourists.
The change took place in 2008.
This year, the zoo has a new director, his name is Shen Zhijun.
When he first arrived, he was cautious in his words and deeds, and did not dare to make mistakes.
A year later, he discovered that the animals here were not happy.
To this day, he remembers a small detail:
A group of wolves trapped in a narrow cage, when they met his eyes, their eyes revealed timidity and sluggishness.
Those wolves only glanced at Shen Zhijun and quickly looked away.
This shocked Shen Zhijun's heart.
How could a beast have such eyes?
At that moment, he instantly felt that this was not a place loaded with life, but a living specimen exhibition site.
So, he started his own renovation program.
Make the most of every inch of land to create a comfortable living environment for the animals.
In addition to the transformation of the external environment, Shen Zhijun is more interested in changing the public's perception of zoos.
As a result, the zoo has a remarkable label:
It was the first zoo in China to cancel animal shows.
Later, even the sale of feed was banned.
The ticket is 40 yuan, which has not been changed for many years.
But the zoo's most profitable project is the animal show, and with only 40 yuan of tickets, it can't support Shen Zhijun's idea of renovating the venue and increasing facilities.
There were no tourists, no income, no salaries, and most of the employees were gone.
Seeing that the zoo's operations in all aspects were lit up with red lights, Shen Zhijun still gritted his teeth and insisted.
He said that in my mind, tourists do not come here to visit, but to visit the homes of animals.
In any case, animals must come first.
In order to maintain operations, he thought of many ways to generate income.
Show the lives of star animals such as koalas, giraffes, and red pandas through live broadcasts, and then attach a donation link to the live broadcast room.
There's also cloud adoption.
By spending money to adopt animals, netizens can get exclusive information about animals and opportunities for close contact.
Later, the zoo also made organic fertilizer from the elephant dung and put it on the shopping cart.
However, this is not enough to support the daily expenses of a huge zoo.
At the most difficult time, there were only more than half a million left in the accounts of the entire zoo.
This money alone feels like a lot, but it can be used as food for an entire zoo, and how long can it last......
Even so, Mr. Shen would rather postpone his own and his employees' wages than ensure the supply of animal feed.
He even paid out of his own pocket to buy the freshest food for the animals.
Some employees can understand, while others just scold and walk away.
In August 2020, Shen Zhijun, who was really desperate, wrote a letter to the mayor.
Half a month later, he really got an emergency fund of 4 million, and the competent department also allocated 3 million life-saving funds.
Shen Zhijun, this can be regarded as barely relieving.
At the same time, he gave speeches on various occasions and constantly promoted the business philosophy of Hongshan Forest Zoo.
Finally, this animal utopia is out of the circle.
Nanjing people began to call Hongshan Zoo "Nanjing Disneyland" and listed it as a must-see attraction in Nanjing.
When tourists come here, they can feel not only the tour, but also the warmth of life.
Outside the Bear Museum, there is a special notice, written in black and white, commemorating the departure of a 33-year-old bear.
One of the sentences is deeply moving:
"We still remember that the first time the old horse entered the bear pavilion to explore the outfield, it was a beautiful sunny spring, and the old horse sat next to the rape flowers, looking up at the flying butterflies. ”
The thin paper carries the respect of one group of lives for another.
At this moment, I remembered what Director Shen once said:
"When the animal comes up to him, full of confidence, clean and beautiful, they can feel that this is what the zoo should give to the public. ”
Animals have the right not to be seen.
At this point, I understand why this zoo is called "the best public zoo in the country".
I sincerely hope that there will be a little more, a little more zoos like Red Hill.
Author: Uncle Zhino;Source: WeChat public account Zhifu Uncle (ID: zhifoudashu).