During holidays, parents like to take their children to zoos, aquariums and other places to visit. The animal show brought infinite joy to the children and also made them experience the joy of harmony between humans and animals.
However, behind the animal performance, there is a gray industrial chain, and behind the joy is the suffering of many animals.
Death of the Siberian tiger
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Fuyang Wildlife Park
Fuyang Wildlife Park is a private zoo operated by Anhui Colorful Wildlife Park Company.
According to media reports, in May 2018, the park began bidding for construction. Before the Spring Festival in 2018, the pedestrian viewing area will be opened; In May of the following year, the vehicle viewing area was opened to the public.
Fuyang Wildlife Park
"Half-pulled" project
It can be seen from the timeline of the establishment of the park that the construction of this park is very hasty.
From bidding for construction to gradual opening, it took only more than half a year. The park is only a "semi-finished" base, and many supporting facilities have not yet been perfected.
The park is not good, and the animals arrive first
It is such a park with imperfect facilities, so it quickly introduced a large number of animals and began to open for business.
Due to the poor breeding environment and the inability to keep up with the supporting facilities, the first batch of 12 giraffes introduced in the park soon died.
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The procedures are incomplete and the construction is slow
The slow progress of the construction of the park is due to incomplete land procedures.
I don't know if it was due to the investor's mistake or being deceived, when the park was halfway built, the land qualification was still farmland. All construction in the early stage is illegal.
After discovering the problem during the inspection, the land resources management department immediately ordered the construction to be stopped, and the construction of the park has been suspended for nearly two years. It wasn't until May 2021 that it was officially opened to the public again.
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Unlicensed zoos
In addition to the non-compliance of land procedures under construction, the park also does not have the breeding qualification for protected animals.
According to the relevant laws and regulations, the domestication and breeding of first-class protected animals need to be approved by the State Forestry and Grassland Administration, and the second-class protected animals need to be approved by the provincial forestry department.
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In fact, as early as September 2018, the National Forestry and Grassland Administration clearly issued a "decision not to grant administrative licensing".
The "decision letter" clearly pointed out that the park does not have the places and facilities for artificial breeding of Siberian tigers, Bengal tigers and Asian elephants. Therefore, the artificial breeding of these animals in the park is expressly prohibited.
Illegal breeding, illegal performances
Even though the authorities explicitly prohibit it, the park still goes its own way and ignores the administrative directives.
The park has partnered with Ascendas Domestication to start illegal animal breeding and animal performances for profit.
The survival of animals is worrying
How can such a congenitally deficient park, such an illegal breeding boss, and such an illegal performance institution give reasonable protection to animals?!
All kinds of large protected animals are kept in a small, cramped, dark and humid environment, with poor hygiene, insufficient activity space, and worrying living conditions.
The Siberian tiger, once the "king of beasts", can only become a trapped beast in a cage and lose the demeanor of the tiger roaring mountains and forests.
Fuyang Wildlife Park
An adult black bear found in the reporter's investigation has been locked in a cage for 6 years since 2018!
The once mighty and majestic black bear can now only be paralyzed and survive.
The black bear looked at the camera with mournful eyes, but the once fierce beast had fallen into such a miserable situation, how could it not be heart-wrenching!
Shocking figures
According to the reporter's investigation, the data on the extinction of animals in this park is simply shocking.
Here are some of the numbers. Behind every cold number, there was once a fresh life:
From October 2019 ~ March 2023, 10 Siberian tigers died.
From June 2020 ~ August 2023, 11 tiger cubs were born and 10 died;
In May 2021 and August 2023, 2 African lions died;
In 2019, 1 adult giraffe died;
In 2023, 2 giraffes were born, died;
In addition, there are small bodies such as macaques, which also die in varying numbers.
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Because the owner of the animal does not belong to the park, but to the Ascendas company.
So far, the carcasses of the young of the deceased wild animals are still stored in the freezer, while the carcasses of the adult animals, such as Siberian tigers, African lions, giraffes, black bears, etc., are stacked in the cold room waiting to be disposed of.
A freezer where the pups are stored
Cold room for storing adult animals
The park responded
Regarding the death of a large number of animals, Fuyang Wildlife Park said: It is not raised to death, but it is all sick and dead.
The staff said: Our animals are very good and eat fat. Animals, like humans, are born and old, sick and die normally.
"If an animal dies, we lose a lot!" The staff emphasized.
Regarding the list of dead animals that have been verified, the staff said:
These animals belong to Ascendas and have nothing to do with the park.
Official response
After the incident was exposed by the media, the local forestry bureau has issued a notice to suspend business for rectification in the park.
At present, the park has been temporarily closed and internal rectification has begun.
Netizens are hotly discussed
For this incident, netizens are very concerned.
Those who love animal shows are kind and caring people. Now that I know the cruel truth behind it, it is difficult to accept for a while.
Everyone expressed their opinions in the comment area and expressed their opinions. Netizens unanimously demanded that the offenders be severely punished and rare animals protected!
The editor said
Illegal construction of wildlife parks, illegal breeding by private owners: who is responsible for the life and death of animals?
The scandal at Fuyang Wildlife Park has attracted widespread attention from the community. The zoo started construction without obtaining land qualifications, and the facilities were rudimentary, but it was eager to introduce all kinds of animals. In the absence of breeding qualifications, they cooperated with private bosses to breed a large number of first-class and second-class protected animals, resulting in the death of a large number of animals.
We can't help but wonder what kind of greed and ignorance can make them so bold! The safari park is supposed to be a paradise for animals, a symbol of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. However, in this zoo, what we see is a disregard for life and a violation of the law.
First of all, we would like to strongly condemn this illegal construction. Land qualification is the "ID card" of the construction project, and without the "ID card", it means that the project is illegal and a "black household". However, the zoo ignored the law and started construction without authorization. How can such a congenitally deficient park provide good conditions for animals?
Second, we want to denounce those irresponsible private bosses. In order to pursue economic interests, they breed a large number of first- and second-class protected animals without breeding licenses. This is not only a violation of relevant laws and regulations, but also irresponsible for animal life. These innocent animals, because of their greed and ignorance, have suffered irreparable losses.
Animals are friends of humans and an important part of the natural world. We should respect their lives and rights and provide them with a safe and healthy living environment. Only in this way can we truly realize the harmonious coexistence of man and nature!