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    从2009年11月至2010年2月,沈阳棋盘山森林野生动物园内的冰川动物乐园中共有11只东北虎?非正 常死亡?。



    From November 2009 to February 2010, Shenyang Qipanshan Forest Wild Animal Zoo glaciers within the park a total of 11 tigers "abnormal deaths."
    业内人士称,园内的东北虎长期营养不良,免疫力低下,因此患病。



    Industry sources said the park's Siberian tiger from chronic malnutrition, low immunity, so sick.
    中新社发赵敬东摄
    China news agency Fa Zhao Jingdong Photo
    中新社沈阳3月16日电(记者沈殿成)沈阳森林野生动物园11只东北虎死亡事件曝光后,沈阳市政府日前成立 联合调查组,对老虎死亡的原因、责任等进行深入调查。

    China news agency Shenyang, March 16 (Xinhua Shen Diancheng) Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park 11 tiger deaths came to light, the Shenyang municipal government recently set up joint investigation teams, the cause of death of the tiger, responsibility to investigate.
    据来自官方的消息,调查组还将对与之相关的动物园是否守法经营等展开全面调查。
    According to official sources, the investigation group will also associated with whether the law-abiding operators such as the zoo launched a full investigation.
    据悉,已经成立的调查组下设综合服务、依法监管、审计、劳资纠纷、经侦五个小组,将按多条主线同时展开调查 。
    It is reported that has been established investigation team consists of comprehensive services, supervision according to law, auditing, labor disputes, Economic Investigation of five groups, will be more than one thread at the same time the investigation.
    对老虎死亡数量、死亡原因、尸体处理等情况进行调查。
    Number of deaths on the tiger, the cause of death, corpse disposal to investigate the situation.
    从去年11月起,3个月时间内该动物园有11只东北虎接连死亡,并且同期还有丹顶鹤、棕熊、红面猴、猕猴、 非洲狮、牦牛、鸵鸟、跳羚、骆驼、狼、貉子、蒙古马、黄羽鹤、鸸鹋、斑点狗等其它动物死亡。



    Since November of last year, 3 months time, the zoo has 11 tigers died after another, and over the same period there are red-crowned crane, brown bear, red-faced monkey, monkeys, African lions, yak, ostrich, springbok, camels, wolves, Raccoon, Mongolian horse, Huang Yu cranes, emus, Dalmatians and other animals died.




    沈阳市野生动物保护部门负责人曾向中新社记者透露,该动物园2000年开园时有动物61种1020只,到今 年2月8日,已大幅下降到49种518只。
    Shenyang person in charge of wild animal protection department told China news agency reporter Tou Lou, the zoo park opened in 2000, when there are 61 kinds of animals, 1020, to February 8 this year, they have significantly declined to 49 518.
    至于老虎死亡后的尸体,按照规定不允许随意处置,而此前有动物园员工称,动物园曾经将虎骨制成 虎骨酒。
    As for the tiger's body after death, in accordance with regulations do not allow free disposal, and after a zoo employee said the zoo would be tiger bone has been made of tiger bone wine.
    对去年封园以后至事发前政府资金使用情况进行调查。
    Last year, after the closure of the park to the incident, the previous government to investigate the use of funds.
    去年11月13日,动物园发生老虎伤人事件,该园因存在严重安全隐患被责令封园整改,为确保封园期间动物正 常饲养,所在地棋盘山风景旅游区管委会按照每天1.8万元标准向动物园拨付动物饲料款。
    November 13 last year, the zoo tiger wounding incident occurred, the park because there are serious security risks have been ordered closed garden rectification, in order to ensure that the park closure during the animal's normal feeding, location Qipanshan Scenic Area Management Committee in accordance with 18 thousand yuan per day standards for animal feed section allocated to the zoo.
    政府部门拨付的该笔款仅是提供购买动物饲料等,按估算也足可保障园内动物需要。
    The sum allocated by government departments shall only purchase of animal feed and so on, according to estimates could also be sufficient to protect the park animals that need.
    据了解,动物园方面并没有将动物饲料款全部用在动物身上,以致酿制了老虎死亡的惨剧。
    It is understood that the zoo did not have any animal feed, all models used in animals, resulting in the death of tiger tragedy brewed.
    对动物园守法经营和劳资纠纷情况进行调查。
    Compliance to the zoo and labor disputes, investigate the situation.
    该动物园是一家民营控股企业,曾发生过被媒体指称的以封园要挟政府的事件,此次对其是否?守法经营?进行调 查,不排除日后再爆出老虎死亡之外的其它?新闻?。
    The zoo is a privately held company, there had been alleged by the media to blackmail the government to seal the Park event, this is its "Compliance" to the investigation, did not rule out a later date other than the death of tiger broke "news" .

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    ?沈阳市政府接管野生动物园先行承担园区管理责任?沈阳动物园三只虎仍有危险怀疑老板转走资金?沈阳11只 东北虎死亡事件续:剩余老虎生活改善?东北虎?非正常死亡?探究:每天吃一两只白条鸡
    * Shenyang Municipal Government took over the safari park first assume management responsibility for three tiger zoo in Shenyang is still dangerous to suspect that the boss of funds transferred out of the Siberian tiger, Shenyang 11 deaths continued: improve the livelihood of the remaining tiger tiger "abnormal deaths"



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    Re: China - 11 Tiger Deaths in Zoo Being Investigated

    "Northeast Tiger blue" Insider: Staff suspected by starving tiger to pay talks

    Year of the Tiger Tiger War

    Owner of a lot of money, the tiger was starved to death

    Interpersonal conflicts were conflicts are converted into tiger

    Our reporter Wu Tung-ching, Shenyang reported

    Death List

    If it is not a collective suspension of work employees pay talks, "Northeast Tiger blue" incident may be "major issues to minor ones no", at least not so soon as the media attention, triggering a national concern.

    "People have almost starved to death, not to mention animals?" Accumulated 18 months, received no wages, Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park staff in the March 10 mass lay-off. With the involvement of the media, the park has a row in November last year, there are 11 tigers died of non-normal incident was able to reveal that in public.

    Causes of death on the Siberian tiger, the zoo's report stated mostly enteritis, kidney failure and other diseases death, mainly due to the Northeast Tiger "nutritional status of extremely bad." A breeder introduction, in theory, one tiger every day to consume more than 10 kilograms of beef, with poor performance since the zoo, the tiger a day to feed a few Baitiao Ji or chicken skeleton, not enough to eat. Shenyang Wild Animal Protection Station vice station Xiao-Qiang Liu was carrying beef to feed a tiger, but the tiger does not eat because of where the tiger had never eaten beef, they simply do not know.

    Tiger's got a death register shows that 11 tigers on November 11, 2009 to February 27, 2010 had died, including a maximum of 12 years, a minimum of 6 months of age.

    In fact, the large dead animal park is not the only tiger. Specific figures as follows: in January 2010, the state-level protected animal killed a red-crowned crane, the state 2 to protect animals killed a brown bear, the state animal protection two red-faced monkey killed four, the state 2 to protect animals killed a monkey , African lions killed a yak killed one, killed two ostriches, springbok killed one, killed four camels, wolves killed one, Raccoon killed one, death of a Mongolian horse, Huang Yu-He died a , emus killed one, killed one Dalmatians.


    A Brief History of access to the park, which is called "eventful Garden":


    June 27, 2004, a three-year-old tiger to breeder permit any bite, bite after the tiger in court disaster, "imprisoned."

    November 1, 2006 due to lack of funds closed park, sit in one million yuan of funds to subsidize the CMC, 9 in the future to re-open park.

    November 17, 2007, an adult tiger was bitten to death by another four tigers eating. Zoo officials were once clearly said: "This incident can also be used to explain the hunger." November 13, 2009, two tigers bite staff Yang Jingwei, was killed by the police burst Luanqiang.

    Hunger, isolation, was bitten, was shot to death in your country ... ... for the protection of animals, a Siberian tiger, the stay in Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park is really very unlucky.

    Last year in November, the Northeast tiger wounding accidents have been identified as a result of the zoo with a serious shortage of security of capital investment, to detect the hidden danger not timely removed, as well as staff the responsibility of illegal operations led to the accident, the zoo was ordered closed garden rectification, on the rectification During the 11 tigers died after another.

    In the park office, the reporter access to a rectification measures, control provisions, found that many projects have not yet put in place. Wounding after the incident, including the park and the former deputy general manager Liu Dajun Yang Jingwei, including injured employees, a total of four were subject to administrative punishment, made the decision unit Qipanshan Tourist Development Area Safe Production Supervision Administration, which fined Liu Dajun 9500 yuan, and to give removal from the grounds that "management dereliction of duty"; Yang Jingwei its "illegal operations" have been punished 5,000; the other two were fixed tube head Tangui Qin and Li in water, and were punished 10 thousand yuan. Penalty time for March 8, from the incident, nearly four months.

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    Weight pay talks

    Normal circumstances, each Tiger should eat twelve or thirteen pounds of beef a day. The past few months, Shenyang Forest Wild Zoo Siberian tiger to eat only one or two chickens a day frame. 3 consecutive months, the tiger is only eaten meat twice.

    Hungry tiger behind it is hungry because of the zoo staff. Staff lay-off pay talks, animal weight into pay talks.

    A decades-old work in the garden staff presentations, beginning in 2005, and most people have 18 months of unpaid wages, grass-roots workers a monthly salary of 1,000 yuan to succeed, most people who are owed about twenty thousand. He also specifically said that "the summer is also good and bad hair-point, to the winter, almost no money made. New Year, also only made a month."

    Was learned from last year's "tiger bites" of the wake, the park is closed on the state of the park a total staff of about 300. In order to maintain operation of off-season park, with only about 150 staff to work. Since March 10, the employee is unwilling to come to work. "Can not even feed himself, but also old-age pension tiger?"

    After investigation, the park keepers have 8-11 people. March 12, a feeding member admitted that he has three days did not go to homes to feed the tiger. As no one he does not know. But since the 13th, the zoo, all employees began to "seal" does not disclose any information with the outside world.

    Employees not paid their salaries, animals were starved to death, but the owner is very wealthy.

    The incident, the zoo, there is another name for "Shenyang Glacier Animal Paradise." Shenyang City Industry and Commerce Bureau provided information display, Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park Limited registration period is September 29, 1998, Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park Amusement Co., Ltd. is registered in April 11, 2000, legal representative of both Yang Zhenhua, the former registered capital of 50 million, which registered capital of 30 million, which gave a timely 2008 annual inspection, but the former did not. Yang Zhenhua there is one in Shenyang called "Shenyang Shengjing International Golf Club Limited" company, its registered capital of 10 million. "Shengjing Golf" is located to sit in the road, local people say, "This is the best golf courses in Shenyang."

    A public information, Yang Zhenhua was "Chih-Cheng Enterprise Group, chairman of Dalian, Dalian Genghis Khan International Enterprise Group shareholders, Liaoning Province Golf Association vice president, Shenyang Shengjing International Golf Club Ltd chairman, Shenyang Glacier Animal Park Board long "and so on. Dalian media have reported that Yang Zhenhua in the 90s of the last century in Dalian Tianjin Street, engaged in garment business, and then among the garment processing industry, and into the food service industry, real estate. Through the capital after the operation, on September 19, 1992 set up a "Chih-Cheng", wound up the assets Yu Yi. In 1995, Yang Zhenhua was included in the U.S. "Forbes" motor ability tests, the world's richest, ranking 15th in the list were China's richest.

    Odd employees said they rarely saw the boss, the zoo thing is basically the old zoo, over the original Liu army is responsible for.

    Until the staff lay-off the first four days, "Tiger War incident" raised in Shenyang City, after high-level attention and concern itself with, Yang Zhenhua last appearance in a zoo, cafeteria staff of the General Assembly held on the expression of apology to the staff promised to solve the wage problem, hope that we posts as soon as possible. Its promise, it should be in the "two days" first six months of wage replacement. It was not until the afternoon of 16 staff reflects salary has yet to arrive.

    Including local media, including about a dozen reporters, said the media can not interview Yang Zhenhua. Zoo office, the staff said that sitting on "the vice president of office" who is the boss Yang Zhenhua representative. But the other party not confirmed, no interviews with any response.

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    "Was joint-stock"

    Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park was formerly known as Shenyang Zoo, near xiaoheyan in urban areas. According to insiders introduced in the sit in wild zoo, is the Mu (Shenyang former mayor, found guilty of accepting bribes and possessing enormous wealth for his crimes in 2001, sentenced him to death, suspended for two years, died of cancer in 2002) when the dominant ruling party was established in Shenyang, in accordance with the formation of joint-stock system in the form of setting up a new zoo, the original revocation of Shenyang Zoo. The old zoo animal shares, accounting for 15% of the shares, some of the staff to work here.

    Insider introduction, Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park from the December 2000 opening date, only the initial operation of a good two to three years, after declining efficiency. Is this case, coupled with the dissatisfaction in the "change within the system outside the system", in 2003, from a zoo in Shenyang City, the withdrawal of a large number of employees to return to City Garden Bureau.

    "Private enterprises to participate in the zoo business motive is to make money is to capture the business to maximize profits. When operating properly, the affected animal is first garden." Locally engaged in animal protection and management of a staff member said that in his view, The tragedy is rooted in the zoo's commercial management conceals potential problems.

    In 2004, the Park and wounding a tiger to death after the accident, the park results got worse. By 2006, because the source of income is not clear, the park stop park for 10 days. Then, sit in the CMC allocated 2 million a year to the park, for animal breeding.

    "Stock" had been portrayed as a really good thing. But the fact is, Shenyang Zoo, the operation of stock in the current appears to be unsuccessful. So, the park "was joint-stock" is also hidden behind in the end what things?

    Some media said, according to the 2001 Dalian Intermediate People's Court announced the "original CPC Shenyang Municipal Committee, deputy secretary of Liaoning Province, Shenyang Municipal People's Government Mayor Mu bribery, the case of huge amount of property from unidentified sources verdict" shows that between 1998 to 2000 , Mu Yang Zhenhua has received 680,000 yuan bribe (including cash, furniture, household appliances, decoration fees), 2 million. From April 1996 to October 1999, Mu Ying Yang Zhenhua the trust, using his position to facilitate the approval of the project in the Northeast Wild Animal Park, and to help resolve the relocation of the project and loan issues and coordinate the relevant departments for land development and construction of low-cost rental Sheng Beijing Golf.

    Yang Zhenhua's name had appeared in the case of long strings of Mu list of witnesses, Yang provided testimony in this case: Since 1997, he was engaged in Shenyang, Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park, Shengjing Golf have been Mu's support, care; Mu instructions Dongling District, Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park the Government can not delay the relocation work; in July 1999, Mu Forest Wild Animal Park to help him coordinate the project loans. "Looked after" under the September 1999, Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Park Co., Ltd. in China, Agricultural Bank of China branch in Shenyang City in the street 30 million yuan loan. As for Yang Zhenhua whether in the Mu case subject to judicial involvement, for the time being there is no channel for verification.

    Zoo opened in 10 years, the animals starved to death in batches, the boss rarely intervene. Yang Zhenhua plate under the zoo what purpose?

    In this regard, the secretary of Ms. Wang Yang Zhenhua zoo boss has responded by saying that the beginning of course, hope to be able to make money, but the past few years, has experienced SARS, avian flu, a stream, to prevent organized tours, but are far away from the city , resulting in a loss of animal park has always been. She said that since the Shenyang Glacier Animal Park, is losing money since they repeatedly to communicate with government departments, hoping to close their business.

    Data shows that in March 2009, Shenyang Tourism Investment Project website, there have been a "theme park in Shenyang Glacier Animal overall transfer of information", the transfer price is 320 million yuan. In the earlier 2006, the Shenyang Glacier Animal Park has closed parks, and in access to government subsidies to re-open after the welcoming. In 2007, the Qipanshan Development Zone has issued the news that due to poor management, glaciers Animal Park Golf Club, together with the Mukden packaged for sale, the overall transfer.

    A variety of sources also shows that Yang Zhenhua not imagined so rich. Yang Zhenhua one reported case of property rights disputes, told reporters after the case lasted for 12 years and spent a lot of human and material resources Yang and energy. There are claims that the zoo built when the park has not been repaid the bank loans, and the park were trying to 320 million yuan and 3.5 billion in the overall price of the transfer, in which more than 200 million yuan of foreign debt, but no one is interested.

    Zoo disclose the name of a person in charge also stated that even the limited viability of the zoo each year, or a conservative income 1,200 million, plus 2 million yuan of government subsidies, a total of 13 million. If the funds can be spent on staff salaries to pay and animal conservation, the death of tiger incident would not have occurred.

    Earlier media reports had said that the zoo Wu, deputy secretary of party committee seats introduced into the zoo owner Yang Zhenhua proceeds to repay debt Naqu go. But, yesterday, Wu Xi denied he has said so.

    Since the beginning of 13, the zoo has taken over the Shenyang municipal government. Such an outcome, it is the aspirations of investors over the years.

    Prior to this, an employee reveals that the death of tiger-related aspects of the incident was intentionally aimed to blackmail the government foot the bill. It seems that this is not groundless.

    4

    Tiger fill prison death

    Tiger's death, they are how to deal with? This is one of the core of public interest.

    Previously, there was news that death has been made of tiger tiger bone wine, to important guests as well as the Chinese Lunar New Year, leaders will come up to host a party gifts.

    In response, the park seats Wu, deputy secretary of Party Committee responded by saying that the tiger died, will call upon experts in Shenyang Agricultural University, came to do case analysis to determine the cause of death of the tiger; the same time, the zoo's veterinary hospital staff autopsy will be dead tiger would be meat, bones, skin and so separated. Tiger, tiger and other things of value will be frozen up. Whole set of procedures, there are experts who are also hesitant to dispose of.

    Zhou Bin, Dalian Zoo officials have also confirmed that each tiger from birth to death has a record that is to monitor the Wildlife Conservation Department, the death of tiger management is strict, not allowing the sale.

    The reporter learned from the Office of Shenyang Glacier Animal Park entitled "animal skin bones schedule" information to see, as of December 31, 2009, the Northeast tiger bone deposit account number of 30, 30 Existence number of bones, skin 25, then Notes for "Bone 30 was incomplete, damaged hides rot 5", original value of 1.815 million yuan. The number of white tiger bone 9, the original value 1.95 million yuan. The following statistics have other animals, skin bones and their value. Total number of 457, with a total value of 10,867,875 yuan. However, these skin bone whereabouts and disposition, the data did not show.

    "If effective regulatory authorities, the tragedy could have been avoided." Zoology expert Professor Liu Mingyu, Liaoning University, pointed out that "although the Government has allocated substantial funds to support private zoo operation, but the money is really used in animals, the state protects the status of animals in the zoo how departments are lax supervision. "He said that in November 2009, there Siberian tiger death report submitted to wildlife conservation departments, the departments concerned to take timely measures so that if there will be no more than 10 tigers died of non-normal.

    13, the Shenyang municipal government set up a medical treatment, investigation, took over the three working groups assigned to the park. The municipal government has also allocated 7 million yuan used to solve the forest Wild Animal Park Tiger unnatural deaths, of which 5 million yuan special fund for the relief of the existing tigers and other wild animals, 200 million was spent to restore the park to normal management and protection.

    In the afternoon, the State Forestry Administration, Wildlife Conservation and Nature Reserve Management Division, Chang Hsi-Wu and his party also arrived in Shenyang, the direct rushed to the zoo the investigation.

    From the beginning on the 15th, the zoo began tonne each tiger can eat 5 pounds of beef and two Baitiao Ji. In addition, calls for 20 homes to the tiger Taipower heating, lighting and so on.

    Can not be optimistic, because hungry for too long, as at yesterday, there are three Siberian tiger is critically ill state, including one in critical condition. In addition, another two in a weak state.

    March 13, decided to adopt an enterprise in Shenyang, Shenyang Strange Slope zoo in a 7-month-of "Dada" Manchurian tigers. Year, "Dada" all the costs of room and board and all kinds of responsibility by the merchants.

    In any case, at least to the tragic to bring some comfort in the Siberian tiger.


    Loss of the National Zoo Jiucheng

    Department of Life Science, Liaoning University, Professor Ming-Yu Liu said that China's captive-bred tigers more than 100 years of history, breeding technology will certainly be no problem. He also bluntly: the alleged torture and murder of the zoo managers Tiger! However, the legal profession, said China's current law zoo tiger breeding malnutrition leading to death there is no clearly defined, it resulted from a legal perspective investigated the death of tiger-related liability of those responsible is difficult.

    China's "Wild Animal Protection Law" amendment passed in 2004, to protect the hunting of endangered wild animals specified offenses, but that led to the protection of farmed animals, how to deal with a large number of non-natural death, but did not make provision, which also makes the individual non-performing private the operator does not treat the zoo to protect animals, without fear.

    Data show that China now has more than 30 "zoo", which are mostly taken by the government Safari investment, corporate investment management business model, but there really are very few to achieve profitability.

    Data shows that about 90% of the national zoo in the red. China Wildlife Conservation Association staff told reporters that the zoo operator better in Shanghai and Guangzhou Panyu Safari Park Safari Park. Among them, Shanghai Wild Animal Park for the state, while the Guangzhou Panyu Wild Animal Park is a private enterprise in operation. The staff member acknowledged that the zoo's operation and development of popular geographical constraints, it was their understanding the north of the zoo, the situation is not very good, cold winter is the zoo's operating off-season, the north off-season is too long.

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      Re: China - 11 Tiger Deaths in Zoo Being Investigated

      March 30, 2010


      Animal mass grave discovered at Chinese zoo



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      Newspapers in China allege that some zoos are breeding Siberian tigers to produce tiger-bone liquor

      Jane Macartney in Beijing
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      The bodies of more than 30 animals, including rare white tigers and lions, that died of malnutrition have been found in a mass grave near a Chinese zoo.

      The discovery comes just weeks after more than a dozen tigers were found to have died of starvation at another Chinese zoo amid suggestions that the administrators wanted to harvest their parts to make expensive ? and banned ? tiger-bone tonic.

      The bones and remains of a quantity of animals could be seen poking through the snow In a three-metre deep pit near the Harbin Northern Forest Zoo, in Heilongjiang province in northeast China, state media reported.

      They included two white tigers, five white lions, two leopards and five other big cats that had died in early 2008, zoo staff told a Chinese reporter.

      Also believed to be buried in the mass grave were two of the zoo?s three Asian elephants and 28 of its 29 endangered great bustards.

      Zoo officials said the deaths followed a decision in 2007 to change the animals? diet to save money when the zoo ran into financial difficulties. A regimen of mutton and beef was replaced with chicken. Some keepers even gave their lions corn buns instead of meat.

      Zhang Xinru, deputy head of the feeding department of the zoo, said that the animals showed no differences in the first month and a half of the new diet.

      After six months the zoo noted a sharp fall in their body weight and after the deaths of 14 big cats in 2008 officials returned to feeding them beef and mutton. However, the animals were still suffering from malnutrition after a poor diet for such a long period.

      Another zoo employee said that more than 80 per cent of the animals were being fed on bean cakes to keep up their protein levels. However, the zoo could no longer afford cakes of sufficient quality.

      The employee said: ?The animals eat this feed every day and many can only just stay alive. Death is coming closer and closer.?

      The zoo was so short of funds that rare golden monkeys ? one of China?s most treasured animals ? were being fed only three types of fruit instead of the six varieties they should be given and the quality was very poor.

      A senior zoo official said the bodies had been buried in the pit because the zoo could not afford to build an incinerator. The grave was regularly disinfected and the animals had died naturally of illness or old age, officials said.
      ..../

      "Safety and security don't just happen, they are the result of collective consensus and public investment. We owe our children, the most vulnerable citizens in our society, a life free of violence and fear."
      -Nelson Mandela

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        Re: China - 11 Tiger Deaths in Zoo Being Investigated

        #3:
        "Zoo officials said the deaths followed a decision in 2007 to change the animals’ diet to save money when the zoo ran into financial difficulties."
        ...
        "The bodies of more than 30 animals, including rare white tigers and lions, that died of malnutrition have been found in a mass grave near a Chinese zoo."



        Is it realy a Zoo,
        or it is an animal concentration camp?
        Was it so dificult to release those poor animal souls to wilderness (or deliver them to an natural camp by exchange),
        instead of starving them to death?

        Weren't in the whole China only 500X? wild rare tigers?

        Wasn't the economic interest also to have much more wild animals,
        even for the zoos: tourists, animal exchanges with other natural camps/zoos, etc.?

        None sense of guilty/remorse for allowing cruel death to creatures aspecting to see daily a friendly human hand instead to be driven to death?

        Is it this simbol somewhere only black?

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