Beijing News (Reporter Bo Qiyu) Recently, when a tourist was visiting a zoo in Handan, Hebei, two African lions were photographed as "skinny". The tourist said that he "feeled that the lion was hungry and turned into a small dog."
In response to this, on the afternoon of December 1, Handan City Garden Expo Zoo responded that the lions in the park were "normally fed, and their body shapes were normal."
The staff of the Wildlife Protection Department of the Handan Forestry Bureau told the Beijing News reporter that they have paid attention to the above-mentioned situation and are investigating and handling it.
On November 28, the tourist Mr. Chen took his children to the Garden Expo Zoo in Handan City, during which the two lions in the park were photographed as "skeletal".
Related video footage shows that a tourist is holding a long iron stick wearing raw meat from a round hole in the glass window to the lion park. A male lion and a lioness walking towards the camera are "skin to the bones." "The ribs are clearly visible, and the mane of the male lion is also stuck together."
In the video, the voice of a staff member yelled at the side, "Skewers, ten dollars a skewer."
Mr. Chen told the Beijing News reporter that there are two or three lionesses and one male lion in the lion park, all of them are African lions. The lions he saw were "skinny as wood", which was very different from the lions seen on TV. "It seems that the state of mind is also very bad. It feels like the lion is hungry and becomes a small dog. It doesn't look like a'king of the grassland' at all."
On the afternoon of December 1, Handan City Garden Expo Zoo responded that the lions in the park are "normally fed and have normal body shapes". Regarding the age of the African lions in the park and the feeding schedule in the park, the garden party Means "it is not convenient to respond at the moment."
The staff of the Wildlife Protection Department of the Handan Forestry Bureau told the Beijing News reporter that the above-mentioned situation has been paid attention to and is now being investigated and handled. The investigation will be announced in the follow-up.
According to the official WeChat account of Handan Garden Expo Zoo, Handan Garden Expo Zoo is a zoo operated by Handan Mengpet Animal Kingdom Amusement Park Co., Ltd. It is located on the north side of Handan Garden Expo Park, divided into food animal area and ferocious animal area. There are 6 areas, cute pet animal area, primate area, marine amphibians and reptile areas, and birds and waterfowl. Large preys include lions, brown bears, crocodiles, etc.