A few days ago, some netizens posted that when they played in the Zoo of Zigong Lantern Park in Sichuan during the National Day this year, they found that "monkey arms are rotten" and "animals are dirty and smelly" in the park. Many netizens left a message at the end of the article, worried that "animals are not doing well."
On October 9, Zhao Nanxing, the head of the zoo contractor and director of the zoo, told Nandu reporters that the monkey's injury was actually caused by "fighting for the monkey king and fighting for mating rights", and the wound is gradually healing and "much better".
In response to the health environment in the park, he said that "due to the limited area of the zoo, the cages are next to each other." "The temperature is high, it's a little smelly", "We also want to change a big environment and give the animals a better space." ”
Tibetan chief monkey fighting for the monkey king was injured? Experts say fighting is a natural act
Nandu reporter learned from the zigong lantern park management center that the above zoo has now been contracted to private joint management. On October 9, Zhao Nanxing, the head of the contractor and director of the zoo, told nandu reporters that the "injured monkey" reflected by netizens was a Sichuan short-tailed monkey in the park, also known as a Tibetan chief monkey, and the wound was actually caused by "fighting for the monkey king and fighting for mating rights".
Pictures posted by netizens show that the injured monkey has a defect in the left arm, a red wound is exposed, and a small monkey is licking it.
Zhao Nanxing explained that the Tibetan chief monkey as a social animal, by the strong male monkey as the head of the group, the above monkey grew up to challenge the "monkey king", but the failure was injured in the left arm, "it wants to sit in this position, to fight for this king, only to defeat the previous monkey king can." ”
Zhao Nanxing said that after the monkey was found injured on October 5, the veterinarian in the park had intervened to deal with the injury, "They beat very fiercely, the broken skin did not bleed, we put drugs that help healed in its drinking water, and treated the wound with iodine and spray." ”
Nandu reporters saw from the pictures released by netizens that the injured monkey's left arm was defective, the red wound was exposed, and there were small monkeys licking next to it. In this regard, Zhao Nanxing explained, "If the wound is artificially bandaged and sutured, the monkeys themselves will tear it off, and they will lick the wound with their tongues to prevent infection." He said the monkey's wounds were getting better and "much better."
Zhao Nanxing said that the wounds of the injured monkeys are gradually healing. Courtesy of respondents
For the "injured monkey" problem reported by netizens, Yang Yi, a member of the "Source News" expert database of the China Association for Science and Technology and the welfare director of the Wuhan Zoo, also told the Nandu reporter that the fight between the Tibetan chief monkeys is "the natural behavior of animals." ”
"You may think that the environment of the zoo is very poor, resulting in animal injuries are not taken care of, in fact, animals face more fights and difficulties in the wild." Yang Yi said that the Tibetan chief monkey, as a primate, is not suitable for raising injured individuals alone, "the torn skin trauma is easy to heal, after isolating it, it is not easy to think of going back, it will be regarded as a foreign group, it will be beaten more fiercely." ”
He suggested that the zoo could make "explanatory boards" to explain the daily life habits of Tibetan chief monkeys, which is convenient for popular science knowledge and avoids misunderstandings.
The cages "one by one" smelled considering relocation but failed to make the trip
Zhao Nanxing introduced to the Nandu reporter that the Zigong Lantern Park Zoo was built in the 1960s and 1970s and is a small and medium-sized zoo with more than 40 varieties of animals.
Nandu reporter noted that before the zoo also appeared sika deer hind hoof injuries dare not land on the ground, nails were not trimmed in time to stand difficult, was questioned by netizens "there is cruelty to animals" phenomenon. In this regard, Zhao Nanxing told the Nandu reporter that at that time, the sika deer was not suitable for trimming nails during the breeding period, "The caring people made a lot of suggestions very good, and then we remade the ground to rub the nails, and it will not be too long to need to be trimmed." ”
In response to the worrying problems of the zoo's health environment reflected by the above netizens, Zhao Nanxing said, "Due to the limited area of the zoo, the cages are next to each other" "The temperature is high, it is a little smelly, and the weather will improve when it gets cooler." ”
On October 9, the staff of the Garden Department of the Zigong Lantern Park Management Center told Nandu reporters that they were responsible for the health management of the zoo and would supervise and improve the environment every day. The staff member said that this year, the zoo was optimized. Zhao Nanxing said that at that time, "we renovated the drainage system and let each cage wash as much as possible a day to reduce the smell." ”
The staff member revealed that he had previously considered relocating the zoo "to another larger place", but it has not yet been able to make the trip. "We also want to change the big environment and give the animals better space." Zhao Nanxing said.
Written by: Intern Ba Xinyu Nandu reporter Zhang Linfei