i have a zoo

Chapter 123
Standing in this exhibition area, not only Qi Ming and the others, but also some tourists talking beside them.

"Hey, can you tell me why this bird won't fly away?"

"do not know……"

A tourist walked past Qi Ming, chatting with doubts.

Although the river was only surrounded by a one-meter-high net, the oriental white stork still couldn't fly out. The reason is very simple, the flying feathers on the wings were cut.

There are many feathers on the bird, about more than 2000 pieces.The feathers of birds form an insulating layer on the body surface to maintain body temperature.The feathers themselves can protect the skin, and the color and markings of the feathers play the role of protective color.Feathers are important structures that enable birds to achieve flight.Some parts of the feathers have a tactile function.

The positive feather is composed of the rachis and the pinna on both sides, and the lower part of the rachis without the pinna is called the quill or the pinna.Feathers penetrate deep into the skin.There is a hole in the covering at the junction of the pinna and the pinnae, called the upper navel, and a cluster of underdeveloped small feathers, called the secondary feathers, grow under the upper navel.The upper portion of the rachis from the upper umbilicus is called the quill, and its two sides are pinnae.The pinna is composed of a series of parallel barbules arranged obliquely, and parallel barbules grow obliquely on the barbs.

The flight feathers are the main feathers that birds need to fly, so in order to prevent them from flying away, the flight feathers are generally reduced.

In fact, geese, pelicans, storks, cranes, ducks... the large birds in the zoo basically cut their wings, including flamingos.

When it comes to Waterfowl Lake, the first thing many people think of is a large group of brightly colored flamingos standing in the water. In fact, flamingos can fly!
Wing cutting is generally to cut off the tip of one wing, so that the length of the two wings is not uniform, and the balance is lost, so naturally it cannot fly.

Although it is a bit pitiful for the birds, but if you don’t cut off the wings, you can’t put these birds in the wild. If you fly randomly, you may fly to the viaduct or various places. Maybe some ducks will be caught and they will be stewed. ...

If you don't stock them, you can only be trapped in a small birdcage, which has very limited space for movement, which is not good for the birds. Cutting the wings is also a way to weigh the pros and cons.

Another approach is to build a very tall covered building like some large zoos do, so that the birds don't have to clip their wings and still give them room to fly.

But the cost of building such a pavilion is too high!Most zoos can't handle it.

At most, it is the same as the cage where the macaw lives now, slightly larger than the birdcage, but it is not enjoyable to fly.

There is also a compromise method, which is not to cut off the wing tips, but only to cut off the flight feathers of the birds.

The flight feathers can grow back, and when the flight feathers grow back, the birds can fly in the sky again.

It sounds good, but it also has a big disadvantage. The flight feathers basically need to be trimmed once a year. One is that it cannot be done at any time, and the other is that the birds will be frightened and stressed once in the process of catching and chasing...

Moreover, the flight feathers of each bird grow at different speeds. Some birds grow faster and need to be cut more frequently.

Birds can't fly, but they can flap their wings and run. They run equally fast, and they can swim in the water. They have to catch up and catch them one by one, and then cut off their flight feathers. Life.

It is a kind of torture for both sides, it is better to cut the tip of the wing once and for all!
The World Zoo Aquarium Ethical Treaty states: "The removal of any part of an animal for the purpose of altering the physical appearance of the animal is prohibited, but the removal of the wings of birds for educational or administrative purposes is the only permissible method and only when other methods Use when out of control."

There is an "original sin" in restricting the freedom of animals in zoos. Birds are definitely unwilling to have their wings cut off and want to fly as much as they want, but they have no choice but to make sacrifices.

Therefore, zoos are more responsible for popular science education, let the public understand the knowledge of birds, and protect wild animals.

It is not a problem to cut the wings of the white stork, but it is not good to not provide a good environment for the teacher and even misplace the content of the lecture.

Animal knowledge, the content of conservation education, and the awareness of respecting animals have not been passed on to tourists at all.The function of the zoo is only entertainment, and it is regarded as a business.

But speaking of it, a place like Anning Resort is already at the middle level, and the money it makes is more elegant...

At least the territory is relatively large, and each animal has a certain space for movement.

The elk exhibition area is 500 square meters, and the brick floor is also a floor. You can walk in it when the weather is cool.

The exhibition area of ​​the white stork has grass, trees, and stream water. Although it smells a bit, wouldn't it be clean after changing it?

The zoo is even worse. A tiger is only given a small concrete cage of 30 square meters, and it ends after three or four steps. The two-meter metal mesh ceiling is very oppressive, and there is not even a piece of wood for grinding claws. Living in it It's almost driving me crazy.

The tiger could only keep its mouth open, and staggered around in circles in the cage with dull eyes.

Reluctant to go back to the back house because the back house is darker and the space is tighter!

At least there is still light outside.

In the worst category, most people don't even dare to think about it, let alone their knowledge.

It’s no different from the vegetable market, the animal’s cage is only slightly bigger, the excrement leaks directly on the ground, the air is full of fishy smell, and the ticket is also cheap, ten yuan a piece, go in and sneak around to see what the animals look like .

Not to mention the popular science exhibition board, the name of the animal is simply written on the board in front of the cage, and it is not bad if it is written correctly.

What, you say this is a raccoon dog?Boy, this is obviously a raccoon, does the raccoon know?

In the tortoise pool, you can throw a coin into the tortoise or something. It is called "money falls to the devil, and good luck comes to you"...

No wonder many people have a negative impression of zoos!

Crying every day to abolish zoos and put animals back into nature.

In fact, zoos are institutions for animal protection, animal breeding, and popular science education. It is not an exaggeration to say that they shoulder the future of the earth. The public's attitude towards zoos should be respectful and loving.

Qi Ming sighed and continued to walk inside, and saw the camel exhibition area.

The outer edge of the wall is crooked, smeared with mud, and deliberately made some cracks, which is a bit of a disguise for a desert rock wall. In the middle, there are two large umbrellas, a log bracket, and an umbrella cover made of 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, looking out.

Lu Xue looked at the camel, waved to it, and said with a smile, "Hello, camel~"

At least it looks more comfortable than the previous environment!
Qi Ming looked at the exhibition area, shook his head and complained: "It's gaudy, what's the use of this umbrella? This kind of decoration is purely for people to see. On the concrete floor, camels don't go under the umbrella to enjoy the shade, and you don't even want to come out. Might as well put some sand on the ground to help."

Materials such as cement, masonry, and asphalt have low reflectivity and high absorption rate of sunlight, and the temperature is much higher than the air temperature.

So when the weather is very hot, spread an egg on the ground, it can really be cooked...

Continue to walk forward, and at the intersection, I saw a feed vending point with the words "feeding with love".

An old lady was sitting on a chair under a tree eating melon seeds. On the table in front of her were several bottles of mineral water and carrot sticks in a small paper cup. No feed, 10 yuan a piece? You can feed zebras here."

This is a major disadvantage of zoos, and many large zoos are unavoidable.

While selling feed, while preventing tourists from feeding, can the effect be good?
Qi Ming waved his hand: "No, no, no."

Depressed in my heart, such an expensive ticket is still engaged in feeding and earning income. Isn't the sign of the Oriental white stork in front saying not to feed?Could it be that this brand is also the template for the zoo science exhibition card that I found online...

The old lady spat out the melon seeds in her mouth and didn't say anything, but she looked a bit contemptuous.

The young man brought such a beautiful girlfriend here, and he was reluctant to buy feed?
The exhibition area at the back made Qi Ming confirm his thoughts even more!

This display board must be a template directly found from the Internet. The display boards in each animal exhibition area are the same, but the animal pictures and text descriptions have been changed.

The funniest thing is the Peacock Garden, where two signs are put together.

Under the science popularization display board of the template, it says "For the health of animals, please do not feed them".

A larger sign next to it reads in bright big characters: "Entering Peacock Garden, hand-feeding, interactive experience, feed 10 yuan per serving".

10 was rewritten with a piece of white cloth pasted on it. Looking at the traces underneath, it should be 5.

Walking along the way, there are basically feed sellers at the intersections of the relatively popular exhibition areas.

The living environment of the animals is uneven, some are more foreign like the camel exhibition area, the walls have been treated a little bit, and two large wooden umbrellas are placed, some are very ordinary, and they are still traditional cages with iron railings, and the walls are broken , The ground has concrete floors, brick floors, and grass fields.

There is also the cute pet exhibition area, which is actually the livestock exhibition area, exhibiting animals such as chickens, pigs, sheep, and rabbits.

This is the only themed exhibition area along the way!
The animals displayed in other cages are very random. Just entering the door is elk, walking forward is white stork, after the white stork is zebra, opposite is macaque, and walking forward is peacock.

There are animal sculptures beside the exhibition area.

Two very rough-looking rabbit anthropomorphic statues stared at each other, with words written on the bubbles next to them.

A rabbit asked: "Do you have a car, a house, and savings?"

Another rabbit replied: "There is love, there are vegetables, and there are carrots!"

Qi Ming couldn't help complaining: "Good guy, this is expressly expressing feeding!"

Imagine a parent coming here with their children.

Seeing the statue of the rabbit, the child asked suspiciously, "Ma Ma, what is the rabbit talking about?"

Of course the parents replied: "The rabbit said he wanted to eat carrots~"

Think about it again, anyway, for a few dollars, let the children feed the animals to cultivate love, then buy some feed.

The child was very happy to feed the animals, and the parents felt that it was not in vain, and the zoo also made money.

Many tourists think that animals can be fed at will, which is actually how they are developed.

The two walked to the edge of the pig exhibition area. Some pigs slept on the ground, and some pigs saw people visiting and walked to the edge of the fence. They raised their heads and grunted, looking at them expectantly, obviously hoping to get some food.

Qi Ming was speechless for a while, the elk is really inferior to the pig, at least there is a hut with several big trees in the pig exhibition area, and the ground is also muddy, so you don't have to worry about getting hot when lying on your stomach.

He said to Lu Xue, "Let's go, there's nothing to see."

In fact, this "cute pet" exhibition area is not the end of the zoo. Anning Resort has a large area, and it has only been less than a quarter of the way, and there are still many animals that have not been seen.

But if you go on, who knows what other moths you will see...

Speaking of which, he also visited zoos on the Internet before, and he also visited some large zoos at home and abroad. There is basically no information about ordinary zoos in ordinary cities on the Internet.

There are nearly a thousand zoos across the country, and this is not counting the emerging indoor zoos in some shopping malls, which are even more chaotic.

Netizens on the Internet usually criticize zoos mainly for big zoos with famous names and surnames. The animals are starved and thin, the environment is not good, the lack of enrichment, the animals have stereotyped behavior, the animal spirit is not good, and which animal has lost its hair and is injured. The breeder didn't take good care of it and so on.

There are many people who go to see it, and there are many people who pay attention!

In fact, the conditions of these zoos are not bad, and they have been improving and improving, so they still get scolded a lot every year.

Like Anning Resort, it can be seen in general, and some exhibition areas are relatively bad, which is actually the norm in most zoos.

If you can do a little better and think about improving the environment for animals, you are already at an upper-middle level!

In fact, the improvement of zoos is mainly a matter of awareness, whether you want to or not, not whether you can.

Collect some fallen leaves and spread a layer in the cement cage is a good enrichment.

Obtaining fallen leaves is very simple, and you don't need to spend a penny.

Any good zoo with a bit of pursuit usually does the most thing to persuade tourists not to feed them.

The most direct way is to have a scan when visitors enter the park, just like going through a security check, to see if they have any food on them. All food will be withheld and not allowed to be brought in.

But this is a bit of a one-size-fits-all, because tourists can also eat food they bring, not necessarily feeding animals.

If the food is deducted, tourists who are tired from shopping and want to eat in the park can only buy food sold in the zoo, and the price of food in the park is definitely more expensive than what they bring.

Although the possibility of feeding animals is reduced, it is a bit rough for tourists.

I must be thinking in my heart, are you doing it for the good of the animals, or do you want to make more money from me?
A better way is to put a disposal box, so that tourists can consciously throw in the food to be fed to the animals.

It’s just that each visitor’s consciousness is different, so this is only a means to avoid feeding, and the breeder must manually stare at them to dissuade them. There are signs in front of each exhibition area explaining the dangers of feeding. Only together can the effect be guaranteed.

【Ding!Sudden Mission - Lonely Rick: The remaining time is running out, please pay attention to the time! 】

"Oops, I was so busy browsing the exhibition area here that I almost forgot the purpose of coming here."

Hearing the notification sound in his mind, Qi Ming quickly slapped his head, and hurriedly dragged Lu Xue to the living area of ​​the resort.

"Don't worry, the current situation in our resort is only temporary. After all, our animal exhibition area has only been created for a short time!"

(End of this chapter)