Not long ago,
Dongping National Forest Park ushered
6 beautiful black swans,
It attracts a large number of tourists to visit.
The park has established a water boardwalk,
Visitors can get up close and personal with the black swans on the boardwalk,
But at the same time,
There are also some tourists who bring their own food
The act of feeding them.
Random feeding is harmful
It is understood that the keepers will feed these 6 black swans regularly every day to ensure that their diet is regular and balanced. The keeper told reporters that although there are special staff persuasion in the scenic spot, there are still tourists who will feed the food they bring such as bread and steamed buns to the black swans.
"Random feeding" is not good for the health of black swans, especially foods such as bread, which are high-calorie carbohydrates, and swans eat too much and are prone to indigestion, which will also cause them to eat snacks fed by tourists, instead of eating the "meal" prepared by the keepers, resulting in unbalanced nutritional intake.
In fact, feeding animals at will is harmful to animals, some will cause small animals to shed their hair, some will make animals suffer from high blood sugar, high blood lipids and other diseases, serious may also lead to the death of small animals, random feeding problems, has been plaguing staff and animals.
Why can't you feed the animals at will
In terms of health, it can cause nutritional imbalances in animals. Animals eat the food given by tourists and no longer eat the food fed by the keepers, and the single diet will cause unbalanced intake of nutrients, further affecting its growth, development and reproduction. It can also cause excessive obesity. Most of the food that tourists feed is high in sugar or starch, and some even cause diabetes in animals; it may also cause animal diarrhea or infect diseases such as colds and hepatitis.
In terms of safety, feeders often feed food packaging or non-food to animals together, however, most animals have no ability to distinguish between objects, and once a foreign body is eaten by mistake, the injury is often fatal. Indiscriminate feeding can also lead to unnatural behavior in animals, especially intelligent primates, which, when they find that humans are happy to feed them food, will produce begging behavior, which is contrary to nature.
I hope that the citizens must watch it in a civilized manner,
Care for animals and refuse to "throw and feed"!
Intern reporter: Zhu Jingjing
Camera: Zhou Tianshu
Edit: Wu Xiaofei