China News Service, April 11th China National Panda Conservation Research Center's official Weibo issued a notice on April 10 stating that on April 9th, the giant panda "Lu Luzi" (born August 10, 2019, female) ) He died of suffocation due to the winding rope hanging around his neck.
Screenshot of the official Weibo of China Panda Conservation Research Center
The report pointed out that at around two in the morning on the 9th, "Lu Luzai" climbed alone on the wooden playground of the Shushu Base Kindergarten outdoor playground to play with a hanging ball toy, and then the cub wrapped the rope around the hanging ball around his body , Struggling behavior began to appear, after a few minutes the cub stopped struggling, unfortunately died. Because the incident occurred late at night, and the "Lu Luzai" winding position and the rest position of the wooden frame were difficult to distinguish, the night shift patrol personnel failed to find anomalies.
According to the report, in the early morning of the day, after the kindergarten keepers of the Shenshuping Base Management Office arrived at the kindergarten breeding site, they first inspected the cubs in the playground from a distance, and saw that most panda babies were resting and no abnormalities were found (death) The cub is facing away from the visit area and cannot see his face clearly. Looking at it from a distance is like hanging on a wooden stand to rest). After the breeder entered the cat house sports ground at about 9:00, he found that the ropes of the "Lu Luzai" neck and forelegs were wrapped with hanging ball toys. After contact and observation, he was initially judged to have died, and he immediately notified the veterinarian; Has been dead for some time, collected samples for inspection.
The China Giant Panda Conservation Research Center stated that it will draw lessons from the incident and further strengthen the safety inspection and evaluation of the environmentally-enriched items placed by young giant pandas to thoroughly investigate hidden safety hazards in the park; at the same time, strengthen night duty patrols to avoid this The occurrence of similar events.