Posted on 02/23/2016 5:35:32 AM PST by DeathBeforeDishonor1
Two peacocks that were living in captivity in a Chinese zoo died after visitors manhandled the birds in order to to get photos taken with them.After grabbing the animals, the visitors reportedly plucked feathers from the animals for keepsakes, according to Mashable.
A spokesperson for Yunnan Wild Animal Park reportedly told Huaxi Metropolis Daily that visitors were expressly told not to touch the animals, Mashable says.Vistors reportedly lured the animals with food.
Zoo officials also told the South China Morning Post that they believe at least one peacock died of shock. The publication says that the zoo has more than 10,000 wild animals and 200 different species including pandas, rhinoceros and white tigers.
Photos of two tourists picking up one of the birds has circulated on social media after reports of the incident.
The year has not been a good one for wildlife captured by the attention of tourists. The incident in China comes on the heels of reports that a small dolphin was killed in Argentina after being plucked from the ocean for a series of selfie images. On February 20, a Florida man was captured on video pulling a shark from the ocean to capture a photo with the animal.
Last week selfie psychos killed a baby dolphin in Argentina. Now this. Unreal.
WHO FRICKEN CARES!!!
What sewer did you crawl out of?
>> over 25 million
I care about the English language. Should be “more than 25 million.”
We don't kill each one by plucking out each feather until they die of shock. Do you really not understand the difference?
Hes a big bad hunter dont ya know. THe worst kind. THe one that doesnt understand the difference between sadistically killing animals and hunting for food. No sadly he doesnt understand. Hes worse then the idiots that took the selfie and a danger anywhere near a firearm. Hes the guy who makes hunters look bad. Backwoods yokel.
Only more evidence that the advent of the ‘Smart Phone’ has heralded the death of our society.
You have to wonder about people sometimes.
Police tried to identify the people from the picture, but later gave up, saying "All Chinese look alike."
You’re getting bashed on this thread. I feel you are wrongheaded, but I won’t bash. I will try to advise.
One does not abuse zoo animals. One tries to protect them and allow people to see them without any abuse.
Food animals are grown specifically to be food, and would not be born otherwise.
We, as a society, are to be judged by how we treat our charges. Zoo animals are among our charges.
Gotta wonder: who’s really the “animal” here?
That’s what I thought of too. Five years ago, I don’t believe either event would have happened. These are not sadists who torture small animals; they are morons who are oblivious to the harm they are inflicting. Behavior is changing rapidly, and it’s not pretty.
Left out ONE critical detail:
Food animals are (hopefully) HUMANLY put-down before slaughter, in as much as a hunter tries for the clean/quick death-shot.
Wonder, if like Argentina, the flock of jack-@sses left the poor creature to die; didn’t even TRY to return it to the wild/ensure all was fine. Had their way, to hell w/ anything else *spit*.
Let the record show I do NOT or have ever promoted animal cruelty. Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea maximum culpa. For you young'uns that means "My bad". Lesson learned.
They should be encourage to get a picture of them petting the Tigers.
Sorry for the attack.
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