Recently, the reporter's investigation found that Anhui Fuyang Wildlife Park illegally displayed and artificially bred the Siberian tiger, a national first-class protected animal, without obtaining an artificial breeding license. What is even more shocking is that due to the impact of the dispute over the management rights of the zoo, a large number of wild animals have died, including 20 Siberian tigers, 2 African lions, 3 giraffes and other rare wild animals.
At present, there are 16 Siberian tigers, African lions, giraffes, black bears and other animals alive in the park, which have been locked in transportation cages for a long time, with a small space and worrying survival conditions.
In Fuyang Wildlife Park, a Siberian tiger has been locked up in a "small black room" for a long time.
The latest news has just arrived! At noon today, Anhui Fuyang Wildlife Park issued a closure announcement: 5.13-5.15 closed for three days, 5.16 normal business.
The park was not built, and the animals came first
Fuyang Wildlife Park is a private zoo, operated by Anhui Colorful Wildlife Park Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Colorful Company). According to the publicity materials of the zoo, the zoo is part of the key investment promotion project of the Yingdong District Government of Fuyang City, "Colorful Yingdong Impression Pastoral", with a total land area of more than 1,200 acres, with herbivore area, beast stocking area, red panda island, etc. In addition, there is a "family of animals" area where lions, tigers, leopards, lambs, rabbits, dogs and other animal cubs are grouped together; There is a special riding road for tourists in the park, where visitors can ride elephants, horses, camels, etc.; In the Sea Beast Interactive Hall, you can also enjoy animal performances such as sea lions.
From the timeline shown in the media report, it can be seen that it took only half a year from the drawing design to the bidding, the start of construction, and then to the first batch of animals entering the park. The reporter learned from the Forestry Bureau of Yingdong District, Fuyang City, that the construction process of Fuyang Safari Park was not smooth, and the construction was suspended for nearly two years due to land use problems. At that time, the "semi-finished" park was far from meeting the environmental standards required for the survival of wild animals, and there was no way to talk about supporting facilities. In this case, the zoo hastily brought in 12 giraffes, and one died unnaturally soon after.
"At first, the investors and the media did not know that the land on which the zoo was built was farmland, and the procedures were incomplete until the land department discovered the problem during a routine inspection once a year, which directly led to the suspension of the zoo's construction." The relevant person in charge of the Forestry Bureau of Yingdong District admitted to reporters that the opening time reported by the media before was only the time planned by the park, but the actual opening time was May 1, 2021.
Fuyang Wildlife Park is located in Yingdong District, and there are almost no tourists on weekdays.
But in any case, before the zoo was built, the animals were already here.
In April 2018, Qicai Company signed a contract with Fuyang Tengfei Domestication Exhibition Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Tengfei Company), and Tengfei Company transferred 33 Siberian tigers, 5 African lions, 11 black bears, 3 camels and other animals to Qicai Company at a total price of 2.543 million yuan. According to Li Lianghua, the legal representative of Tengfei, in April 2019, when Tengfei transported 25 tigers from Shanghai to Fuyang, it found that the construction of the zoo had stopped. "As soon as I saw that the environment was not suitable for Siberian tigers to survive, I didn't dare to transport other Siberian tigers over." Li Lianghua said.
Source: China Philanthropist Magazine, China News Network