Two tigers in a scenic spot in Huaichuan, Henan Province, escaped from the iron cage and have all been killed

Beijing News (reporter Liu Ruiming) On May 25, a breeder in a scenic spot in Huaichuan County, Henan Province, was bitten while feeding tigers, and two tigers ran out of the iron cage. According to local reports, the injured breeder died after ineffective rescue, and two tigers were killed. Villagers near the scenic spot told the Beijing News reporter that the tiger bite occurred at about 10 o'clock on the 25th, when the village cadres issued a notice saying that a tiger ran out and asked the villagers not to go out.

Tigers in the scenic area. Source: WeChat public account "Huaichuan Danjiang Peacock Valley"

On the morning of the 25th, in the Danjiang Peacock Valley of Shangji Town, Xichuan County, Nanyang City, Henan Province, an emergency occurred in which a breeder was bitten while feeding a tiger, and two tigers ran out of the iron cage.

The owner of the supermarket near the Peacock Valley scenic spot told the Beijing News reporter that the tiger bite the breeder occurred at about 10 o'clock on the 25th, after which the public security, medical and other departments arrived at the scene, "The scene of the incident has been blocked and cannot be entered, and the tourists in the Peacock Valley have also been evacuated." ”

The owner of the above-mentioned supermarket said that he belonged to the villagers of Zhuyuan Village in Shangji Town, and after the incident, the village cadres had issued a notice in the WeChat group saying that there were tigers running out of the Peacock Valley and the villagers should not go out. "At two or three o'clock in the afternoon of the 25th, we heard two gunshots in the scenic spot, and only then did we know that the tiger had been killed."

According to the forestry bureau of Huaichuan County, after the incident, the injured breeder Jia Moumou was sent to the hospital at the first time and died after the rescue was ineffective. The Huaichuan County CPC Committee and the county government organized relevant personnel of county emergency, public security, armed police, forestry, fire fighting, health, and Shangji Town to rush to the scene of the incident to deal with the emergency, and organized unrelated personnel in the valley and the people around the Peacock Valley to quickly evacuate and evacuate.

The circular said that the two tigers out of the cage were controlled in the Peacock Valley, and after many unsuccessful entrapments, in order to ensure the safety of the lives of the masses, according to the situation at the scene and reported to the higher authorities for approval, at 14:20 and 15:12, the two tigers were killed successively, and the safety risk was lifted. According to the preliminary investigation, the two tigers are owned by a circus in Suzhou City, Anhui Province, and are leased and performed by Peacock Valley, holding business licenses and domestication and breeding permits. At present, the aftermath and accident investigation are being carried out in accordance with relevant laws and regulations and procedures.

According to the official WeChat public account of the Peacock Valley Scenic Area, China Danjiang Peacock Valley is located in Zhuyuan Village, Shangji Town, Huaichuan County, with a total planning area of more than 1,300 acres; the project is a large-scale peacock-themed rural tourism demonstration park integrating rare poultry breeding and sales, peacock products deep processing, peacock ornamentation, live performance, large-scale biological specimen display, pet interaction, parent-child play, outdoor development, and characteristic folk catering.

Proofreading Liu Baoqing