Fujian Zoo's "live chickens to entertain wild beasts" was criticized for being cruel and criticized by netizens

A zoo in Fujian actually launched an activity of feeding live chickens to wild beasts. Each chicken was sold for 60 yuan (approximately NT$284). The staff suspended the chickens on ropes and repeatedly pulled them in and out to tease tigers, lions and other wild beasts to pounce on their food. In the end, the wild beasts bit them on the spot. Many people said it was too cruel.

According to Chinese media reports, the "Yonghong Wildlife World" in Fujian has launched feeding activities in the Siberian tiger area, lion area and wolf area, allowing tourists to buy live chickens to feed the beasts. The on-site signboard states "Chicken nuggets are 20 yuan, live chickens are 60 yuan." The staff even sells tourists "Buying live chickens is more exciting" and introduces a variety of ways to play, including putting them in directly, hanging on trees to lure them to climb, and tying live chickens with ropes and then hanging them in the air. During the feeding process, the staff kept pulling on the rope, causing the live chickens to struggle violently in mid-air. When the beasts were about to pounce, they instantly pulled them back, guiding the beasts to repeatedly pounce into the air, until finally they were allowed to bite and devour them alive.

However, there were many family members traveling together at the scene. Many parents with young children found the scene very bloody and said it was too cruel. They even told their children "We won't watch" and left the scene in a hurry. However, the staff told the tourists, "We came here just to play." They also revealed that the Siberian Tiger Zone alone can sell nearly 20 live chickens a day. If the number of domestically raised chickens in the park is insufficient, it must be purchased from outside. Regarding the disease risks of purchased birds, they only verbally declare that "all are healthy."

Many netizens said that the park is making money under the banner of animal ecology, trampling on the educational significance of wild animals. The hunting of predators in the wild is based on survival instincts. Humans use long ropes to hang live animals and repeatedly torture weak prey to please the spectators. In essence, they just use the dying struggle as a profit-making toy. There is no reverence for life at all, and it is easy to convey wrong values ​​​​of coldness and cruelty to immature minors.