The harm of feeding animals indiscriminately

The harm of feeding animals indiscriminately

The danger of feeding animals at will. When watching animals in the zoo, don't feed them at will and try not to tease them. Generally, zoos also have explicit regulations that we can't do this, which we need to pay attention to. The harm of feeding animals indiscriminately.

Harm of feeding animals at will 1 Spring blossoms, and tourists coming to Shanghai Zoo for sightseeing and viewing animals are gradually increasing. However, what makes the garden feel helpless and sad is that uncivilized behaviors such as indiscriminate feeding by individual tourists still occur from time to time. Although there will be keepers and volunteers on duty to discourage them, in recent years, many measures have been taken to discourage tourists from feeding, such as discouraging, preaching, increasing cleaning frequency, etc., but there are always tourists who can't control their hands.

The hydrophilic platform near Swan Lake is the hardest hit area for foraging. Tourists always bring bread, biscuits and other foods to attract cygnets, geese and ducks to feed, but all they eat in the wild are leaves, buds, stems and seeds of plants, and sometimes they also eat animal foods such as mollusks and aquatic insects. In fact, bread and biscuits are high-calorie carbohydrates, and birds eat too much and easily lead to indigestion.

Another example is the Malay bear, which is actually an omnivore, feeding on insects, fruits, honey and so on. However, many tourists think it is a carnivore, and often feed it with food such as ham and sausage, and even give bears drinks.

Yang Junjie, a bear breeder, told reporters that uncivilized feeding behavior is a serious threat to animal health. "Malay bear is the smallest bear and the only bear that doesn't need to hibernate. It is very precious. It is also a national first-class protected animal, but the feeding situation in our exhibition area is more serious. " He said that once he saw several young people give the bear a drink, probably iced black tea, and he vomited immediately after drinking it.

Last year, two rock climbing gymnasiums were in danger. A Sukada elephant turtle accidentally ate the wrapping paper of mineral water bottles thrown by tourists, and its digestive system was damaged. The breeders tried their best to stimulate the gastrointestinal peristalsis of the elephant turtle by feeding high-fiber grass. Fortunately, a few days later, the breeder found crumpled plastic paper and plastic fragments in its feces.

This Sukada elephant turtle is lucky, but some other animals that have eaten by mistake have even died.

"Indiscriminate feeding" is harmful, and the garden called for refusing to feed.

"We are also deeply saddened by the phenomenon of' disorderly feeding'." The relevant person in charge of Shanghai Zoo said that tourists' "disorderly feeding" behavior has many hazards, which may cause imbalance in animal health and nutrition. Animals will not eat the food fed by the breeder after eating the food of tourists, and the single diet will cause the imbalance of nutrient intake, which will further affect their growth and reproduction; May lead to obesity. Most tourists feed foods with high sugar or starch content, and some even cause diabetes in animals. It may also lead to diarrhea or infectious diseases in animals, such as colds and hepatitis.

At the same time, it will also cause security problems. On the one hand, animals may die if they eat plastic bags by mistake; On the other hand, animals compete for food, causing injuries and even fatal injuries. "Social wild animals have normal social interaction behavior. Indiscriminate feeding will lead to excessive struggle between individuals, causing inevitable injuries, serious lifelong disability and even death. " The person in charge said.

In addition, "disorderly feeding" will also lead to unnatural behavior of wild animals. Smart primates, in particular, will beg for food when they find that humans are willing to feed them, which is against the laws of nature.

In order to cope with the phenomenon of "indiscriminate feeding", Shanghai Zoo has jointly carried out the work of "publicizing and prohibiting feeding". In addition to the garden staff (breeders+security guards) to strengthen inspections to discourage, the volunteer team has also joined the ranks of promoting civilized gardens; The park is full of "no feeding" signs and popular science exhibition boards; Make leaflets to introduce the harm of feeding and distribute them in time; Carry out relevant publicity activities from time to time.

With the general improvement of the quality of citizens and tourists, the phenomenon of feeding has decreased compared with previous years, but it still exists; For feeding, the zoo can build iron cages, erect isolation belts and build more closed exhibition areas, which can naturally solve the feeding problem, but it also narrows the distance between people and animals, which violates the original intention of the zoo.

Therefore, preventing feeding is not only a one-way problem of "popular science layout+warning signs+patrol dissuasion". Over the years, Shanghai Zoo has been actively committed to animal protection and protection education. "However, it is a long process to build tourists' awareness of animal protection. We still have a long way to go to really stop eating. "Shanghai Zoo appeals to every visitor to start from me, love animals and refuse to feed them.

Danger of feeding animals at will 2 Precautions for going to the zoo include: don't feed animals at will, try not to tease animals, try to stay away from those dangerous animals, don't intimidate those small animals that are eating, don't make some very loud noises, and don't shoot with a flash.

1 First of all, when watching animals in the zoo, don't feed them some food at will, which will easily lead to animals eating something they can't eat at will, and sometimes even lead to diarrhea, which is not acceptable. Generally, zoos also have explicit regulations that we can't do this, which we need to pay attention to.

Secondly, when watching animals in the zoo, try not to tease animals, because it is easy to arouse the wildness of animals. When the wildness appears, it is inevitable to make some very dangerous behaviors and cause unnecessary harm. We also need to know this.

Then, when watching animals in the zoo, try to stay away from those dangerous animals, because those dangerous animals can't say it when they are in a bad mood, and they will have a grumpy side. This is very dangerous, and we also need to pay attention. Just look as far away as possible.

4. When watching animals in the zoo in the future, don't intimidate the small animals that are eating, which will make them feel dangerous and dare not continue to eat. This is terrible. Maybe these little animals will never eat again. We need to pay attention to this.

Then, when we watch animals in the zoo, don't make some very loud noises, which is actually a kind of interference to the life of animals, because some animals actually like a quiet living environment, and too loud noises will make them feel annoyed, which is what we need to pay attention to.

Finally, when we look at animals in the zoo, if we want to take pictures, don't take pictures with a flash, which will make animals aware of the danger. This is very important, especially those carnivores, which may lead to their attack if they are not careful. We also need to pay attention to this.

Harm of feeding animals indiscriminately 3 The act of feeding animals indiscriminately is uncivilized and not illegal for the time being. Relevant departments should take further measures to strengthen management, and zoos can arrange staff to strengthen inspections of animal activity places to discourage and publicize uncivilized behaviors. At the same time, when people go to the zoo, they should strengthen self-discipline, visit in a civilized way, and respect and care for animals.

Events caused by tourists' feeding:

1993, giraffe "seaside" eats food packaging bags fed by tourists by mistake, resulting in gastrointestinal obstruction and death;

In 200 1 year, the orangutan "Tai Sen" got diabetes because he ate too much food fed by tourists.

In 200 1 year, three precious white deer died of eating foreign bodies by mistake. The plastic bag in the stomach of a white deer weighs 2.5 kilograms;

In 200 1 year, a 6-year-old doe died abnormally and a plastic bag weighing 3.5 kg was found in her stomach.

In 2005, a black and white colobus monkey ate a kebab thrown by tourists, and the bamboo stick pierced its mouth, causing inflammation;

20 15 Three adult deer died of gastrointestinal obstruction due to eating foreign bodies such as plastic bags and towels fed by tourists by mistake. The total weight of foreign bodies in the stomach is 19 kg.

Each animal has its own unique habits, and the digestive system of each animal bears different capacities. Sometimes they eat something they can't eat out of curiosity, which may lead to gastroenteritis, indigestion and other diseases, and even life-threatening in severe cases.

This phenomenon of indiscriminate feeding will also pollute the environment and increase the cleaning burden of administrators.

Besides, feeding itself is very dangerous.

Man and nature are the same life, and animals are no exception!

Please don't throw it about. Hey!