Netizen exposed the zoo panda as dirty as a beggar. The garden said that the coat color was normal.

Giant pandas in Shenzhen Zoo

Tigers in Chongqing Zoo

Photo courtesy of giant panda netizens in Chongqing Zoo

　　Hualong. com-Chongqing Business Daily reported on February 19th.On the 16th of this month, the netizen "Tofu" posted in Dayu Bar that "the poor panda is extremely dirty" in Chongqing Zoo. After this post was sent out, it attracted the strong attention of thousands of netizens. Yesterday, the netizen "Happy" also took out the pandas in foreign zoos for comparison, saying that "they are all national treasures, and they are sloppy in Chongqing".

　　Netizen posts

　　Panda looks very untidy.

　　Netizen "Tofu" posted that in people’s minds, the national treasure giant panda is a symbol of preciousness and holiness, but several giant pandas in Chongqing Zoo look sluggish and dirty, and their living environment is also shabby, just like "beggars". The netizen "Happy" posted that the living environment of pandas in some zoos in other places is very good, and the pandas are also chubby and very cute, but the pandas in Chongqing Zoo are covered in mud and look very sloppy.

　　Journalist investigation

　　Pandas often take a bath and catch a cold.

　　Yin Yuzhong, deputy director of Chongqing Zoo in charge of animal conservation, explained that wild giant pandas generally live in high-altitude areas with clean air and no wet soil above 2000 meters above sea level, so the giant pandas there are clean and abnormal. However, the air humidity in Chongqing Zoo is high, and the mud is wet for a long time. Giant pandas often sit and even roll on the mud, and their fur is dirty with mud or feces.

　　He said that the giant pandas in the zoo take a bath regularly, usually once a month in winter, and several times a month in summer, and sometimes they have to clean their fur with shampoo. If you take a bath every day, it is easy for the giant panda to catch a cold. The bathing cycle depends on the physiological condition of the giant panda.

　　The giant panda is old.

　　Yin Yuzhong said that the giant panda looks depressed because several giant pandas kept in Chongqing Zoo are older and can’t be as energetic as young pandas. Moreover, because of coming to Chongqing from high altitude, the environment has changed greatly. "Pandas have a long process of adaptation, and in this process, their state will also be affected." Yin Yuzhong said that each giant panda produces an average of 30 kilograms of feces every day, which is the result of giant pandas eating more than 75 kilograms of bamboo shoots and leaves. To this end, managers collect and weigh the feces of giant pandas every day.

　　Netizens questioned

　　Noise is harmful to the health of animals.

　　Explanation: put an end to all noise during animal breeding.

　　Netizen "Tofu" said that there is noise around the zoo, and there are people yelling in the park. Will the noise have an impact on animals?

　　Yin Yuzhong said that there is indeed noise interference. Inside the new gate of the zoo, there is a large playground, which is mainly for children who come to the zoo to play, and noise is accompanied. The zoo has been working for amusement park operators to reduce noise as much as possible. During the period of animal breeding, it is required to put an end to noise so as not to scare the animals.

　　Why is the tiger so thin?

　　Explanation: The tiger belongs to the South China tiger, with a slender figure.

　　Netizen "Later" said, is the tiger not full? As thin as skin and bones.

　　Yin Yuzhong explained that the zoo needs more than 2 million yuan for feeding these treasures every year. For example, tigers only need to eat 6 kilograms of meat every day, not including a certain number of chicken skeletons. In summer, tigers eat 8 kilograms of meat every day. Some tigers look thin, in fact, because they belong to the South China tiger and are slender.

　　Expert reminder

　　Don’t feed animals.

　　The reporter found that although warning signs prohibiting feeding animals are hung on the partition wall of each animal partition, there are still many tourists throwing popcorn, biscuits and other foods at giant pandas and monkeys. Yin Yuzhong hopes to appeal to tourists through this newspaper not to throw food at animals again. He said that every animal in the zoo has its own eating habits. Tourists throwing food at random will disturb their eating habits, thus endangering their health.

Editor: Li Xiuwei