"Hey, why can this Red Crowned Crane endure staying in such a smelly place and won''t fly away?"
"I don''t know..."
Some tourists walked by Fang ye and talked with doubts.
Although there is only a net more than one meter high around the river, the Oriental White Stork still can''t fly out. The reason is very simple. Its wings have been cut off.
In fact, geese, pelicans, storks, cranes, ducks... Large birds in the zoo basically cut their wings, including flamingos.
When it comes to waterfowl lake, the first thing many people can think of is a large group of brightly colored flamingos standing in the water. In fact, flamingos can fly!
Cutting wings is generally to cut off the tip of one wing. In this way, the two wings are not uniform in length and lose their balance. Naturally, they can''t fly.
Although it''s a little pathetic for birds, if you don''t cut off their wings, you can''t stocking these birds. If you fly at will, you may fly to viaducts or various places. Maybe a duck is caught and stewed
If you don''t stocking, you can only be trapped in a bird cage. This kind of activity space is very limited. On the contrary, it''s bad for birds. Cutting wings is also a way to weigh the pros and cons.
Another way is to build a very high covered building like the tropical rain forest exhibition hall being built by Linhai zoo, so that birds can not only not cut off their wings, but also give them some flying space.
But the cost of building such a pavilion is too high! Most zoos can''t get it.
At most, like the cage where the Macaw lives now, it is slightly larger than the cage, but it can''t enjoy flying.
Another compromise is not to cut the tip of the wing, but only the feathers of birds.
Flying feathers can grow again. When flying feathers grow well, birds can fly in the sky again.
It sounds good. In fact, it also has great disadvantages. Flying feathers basically need to be cut once a year. One can''t do it at any time. Another catch and chase. Birds will be frightened and stressed once
And each kind of bird''s feather grows out at a different speed. Some birds grow fast and need to be cut more frequently.
If a bird can''t fly, it will flutter its wings and run. It runs at the same speed. It will swim in the water. One by one, it has to catch up, catch up, and then cut off its feathers. It''s going to kill the breeder.
It''s a kind of torture for both sides. It''s better to cut the wing tip once and for all!
The ethical Treaty of the World Zoo Aquarium stipulates: "it is prohibited to remove any part of an animal for the purpose of changing the appearance of the animal''s body, but for educational or management purposes, the removal of bird wings is the only allowed method and is only used when other methods cannot be controlled."
There is an "original sin" for the zoo to restrict the freedom of animals. Birds certainly don''t want to be cut off their wings and want to fly freely, but they have no choice and have to make sacrifices.
Therefore, the zoo has more responsibility to do a good job in popular science education, let the public know about birds and protect wild animals.
There''s no problem cutting the wings of a white stork, but it doesn''t provide a good environment for the teacher. Even the teaching content is misplaced, which is not very good.
Animal knowledge, the content of protection education and the awareness of respecting animals were not transmitted to tourists at all. The only function of the zoo is entertainment, which is regarded as a business.
But speaking of it, people like Pingjiang zoo are at a medium level, and they earn more money
At least the site is relatively large, and each animal has a certain activity space.
The elk exhibition area is 500 square meters, and the brick ground is also ground. You can walk in it when the weather is cool.
There are grass, trees and streams in the White Stork exhibition area. Although it stinks a little, it will be clean after changing it.
In the zoo, which is even worse, a tiger only gives a narrow cement cage of 30 square meters. It will end in three or four steps. The two meter metal mesh ceiling is very oppressive. It doesn''t even have a wood to grind its claws. It''s crazy to live in it.
The tiger could only walk with his mouth open and his eyes dull in the cage.
I don''t want to go back to the back house, because the back house is darker and the space is narrower!
At least you can see light outside.
Most people don''t even dare to think about the worst gear.
It''s no different from the vegetable market. The animal cage is just a little bigger. The feces leak directly to the ground. The air is full of fishy smell. The tickets are also cheap. Ten yuan a piece. Go in and sneak around to see what the animals look like.
Don''t mention the popular science exhibition board. The sign in front of the cage simply writes the animal name. It''s good to write it correctly.
What, you said this was a raccoon dog? Boy, this is clearly a raccoon. Do you know?
Tortoise pool, you can put a coin or something for the tortoise. It is called "money falls on the devil''s head, and good luck comes first"
No wonder many people have a negative impression of the zoo!
Every day they shout to abolish the zoo and put the animals back to nature.
In fact, zoos are institutions for animal protection, animal breeding and popular science education. It is not boastful to say that they shoulder the future of the earth. The public''s attitude towards zoos should be respected and loved.
Before fangye crossing, Linhai zoo was a little stronger than Pingjiang zoo.
The cage house of Linhai zoo is not as big as the animal activity space of Pingjiang zoo. There are no grass or trees in the cage house, but there are few animals. Each cage keeper can clean and tidy.
If you can''t afford to feed animals, send them away to other places to prevent them from suffering from hunger.
Continue to walk inside and see the camel exhibition area.
The outer wall was twisted, painted with mud and deliberately made some cracks, which meant to disguise the desert rock wall. In the middle, there were two big umbrellas, log supports and umbrella covers paved with dead branches.
Some water stains can be seen on the ground. It is estimated that it was watered in the morning, but it is almost dry.
A camel huddled at the door of the back house and looked out.
The blue carp looked at the camel, waved to it, smiled and said, "Hello camel ~"
At least it looks more comfortable than the environment in front!
The garish make complaints about the exhibition area, shaking his head and Tucao: "what is the use of this umbrella? Such decoration is purely for people to see. On the concrete floor, the camel won''t go under the umbrella to enjoy the cool. You see, it doesn''t want to come out. It''s better to spread some sand on the ground. "
Cement, masonry and asphalt have low reflectivity to sunlight, high absorptivity, and the temperature is much higher than the temperature.
So when the weather is very hot, spreading an egg on the ground can really roast
Walking on, I saw a feed selling point with the words "love feeding" at the intersection.
An old lady sat on a chair under a tree and ate melon seeds. There were several bottles of mineral water and carrot strips in a small paper cup on the table in front of her. When she saw them coming, she said angrily: "young man, can I buy feed for 10 yuan? You can feed zebras here. "
This is a major disadvantage of zoos. Many big zoos are inevitable.
While selling feed, while preventing tourists from feeding, can the effect be good?
Fangye waved: "no, No."
Depressed in my heart, such expensive tickets are also used to feed and generate income. Isn''t the sign of Oriental White Stork in front saying don''t feed? Is this brand also a template for the zoo science exhibition on the Internet
The old lady spit out the melon seed skin in her mouth without saying anything, but she looks a little despised.
The young man brought such a beautiful girlfriend and couldn''t bear to buy feed?