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Pandas are one of the main symbols of China, they represent friendship and peace and are known for their gentle temperament – but that didn’t stop two tourists from throwing rocks at a giant panda in the Beijing Zoo. Another visitor caught the incident on film and said the pair were trying to ‘wake up’ the endangered species animal.
The panda bear, nicknamed Meng Da, already appeared to be awake and lazily going about its business, but that didn’t stop the two from displaying animal abuse. The video was posted to China’s version of Twitter, Weibo, where the stoning of an innocent zoo animal drew more than 100 million hits.
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A video of two tourists throw rocks at a Giant Panda in the Beijing Zoo has gone viral
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The video was taken at the old panda pavilion, built in 1989 to celebrate the 1990 Asian Games hosted at the Chinese capital. Taken over a length of 30 minutes, the 38-second clip shows one person hurtle stones then another.
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Going about its business the cute panda did not seem to pay any mind to the attack. A spokesperson for the zoo told The Beijing News that the animal keepers rushed to the scene on Saturday to prevent any more tourists from throwing objects into the enclosure. Meng Da was also reported as unharmed or affected by the incident.
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This is not the first time animal cruelty as this happens, unfortunately. July of last year, tourists of a reserve in Foping County, Hanzhong, Shaanxi province, were asked to leave and blacklisted after throwing stones at a panda, CCTV News reported. Beijing Zoo has since promised to improve panda house security and inspections.
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ChiveChilly 6 years ago
Honestly Foxxy, where they came from is irrelevant. It was still a terrible act.
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Alusair Alustriel 6 years ago
Are you fking kiddin me? o.O They should get the same amount of rocks thrown at them by the Zoo staff. ffs people this day are either super stupid or super viscious
Carol Emory 6 years ago
How about lifetime bans for them and their families? If they try to come in, they get arrested for trespassing and have to pay huge fines. Maybe if enough families get banned, the rest will keep the idiots of the families under control so the rest of them don't have to suffer the consequences of their stupidity.
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Brandon Pilcher 6 years ago
They should install some sort of plexiglass barrier to protect the animals from these incidents in the future. Force people to watch them without chucking stones.
Mindy Keys 6 years ago
Exactly. Had an otter here in our zoo who died of blockage because some dipshit human threw a plastic ball into her enclosure. Still not sure if the male will make it - he is in mourning and will barely eat. Most people suck.
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Susan Davis 6 years ago
That was my first thought! My second thought was stoning the “tourists”.
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rakuninaru 6 years ago
I have a really bad impression of Chinese tourists. Where I went and met chinese tourists, they were the most inconsiderate, disrespectful, loud, and rude to everyone and everything
Brandon Pilcher 6 years ago
They should install some sort of Plexiglass barrier to protect the animals from future incidents like this.
Juliana Gao 6 years ago
I personally think that Chinese tourists are such a bad example of how actual Chinese people behave. I'm Chinese but I would never even think about doing these horrible acts. I think that it doesn't matter where you come from I think the way you act is based more on how you were taught to act when growing up and what environment you were raised in. Because any human who does this is bad and we shouldn't judge an entire nation based on it's tourists because that is not how all people from China act. I'm just pointing this out because it is unfair that someone is getting hate on their nationality without doing anything so instead of criticising Chinese people criticise the person who's doing the indecent thing.
Bobby Clemente 6 years ago
I don't get where people think it's Chinese who did it. I didn't see anyone in the video.
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Pungent Sauce 6 years ago
Mainlanders. They are the only reason the Louvre had to put up “Please only poop in the toilets” signs. These signs are exclusively in Mandarin. Go ahead, look it up. https://www.vice.com/da/article/gqnzxj/are-chinese-tourists-the-worst-tourists-in-the-world
Lee Maidana Kuhl 6 years ago
Great article! I was always under the impression that us, the USA, tourists were the worst. Though we personally have always tried to be extremely courteous and aware of the locals when we, my family have traveled, I do see appalling behaviour of our own countrymen acting absolutely disgusting here at home. Which gives me the idea that we behave the same when traveling to other countries. I do wish that everyone would be wary of their actions when traveling as it represents their homeland. Though, I wish for a lot of things.
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rhyan lumilay 6 years ago
Why do we have to put animals in some enclosure then let some idiots hurt or annoy them? Those people should be thrown to the Gators and Big cats.
ChiveChilly 6 years ago
Honestly Foxxy, where they came from is irrelevant. It was still a terrible act.
Load More Replies... Alusair Alustriel 6 years ago
Are you fking kiddin me? o.O They should get the same amount of rocks thrown at them by the Zoo staff. ffs people this day are either super stupid or super viscious
Carol Emory 6 years ago
How about lifetime bans for them and their families? If they try to come in, they get arrested for trespassing and have to pay huge fines. Maybe if enough families get banned, the rest will keep the idiots of the families under control so the rest of them don't have to suffer the consequences of their stupidity.
Load More Replies... Brandon Pilcher 6 years ago
They should install some sort of plexiglass barrier to protect the animals from these incidents in the future. Force people to watch them without chucking stones.
Mindy Keys 6 years ago
Exactly. Had an otter here in our zoo who died of blockage because some dipshit human threw a plastic ball into her enclosure. Still not sure if the male will make it - he is in mourning and will barely eat. Most people suck.
Load More Replies... Susan Davis 6 years ago
That was my first thought! My second thought was stoning the “tourists”.
Load More Replies... rakuninaru 6 years ago
I have a really bad impression of Chinese tourists. Where I went and met chinese tourists, they were the most inconsiderate, disrespectful, loud, and rude to everyone and everything
Brandon Pilcher 6 years ago
They should install some sort of Plexiglass barrier to protect the animals from future incidents like this.
Juliana Gao 6 years ago
I personally think that Chinese tourists are such a bad example of how actual Chinese people behave. I'm Chinese but I would never even think about doing these horrible acts. I think that it doesn't matter where you come from I think the way you act is based more on how you were taught to act when growing up and what environment you were raised in. Because any human who does this is bad and we shouldn't judge an entire nation based on it's tourists because that is not how all people from China act. I'm just pointing this out because it is unfair that someone is getting hate on their nationality without doing anything so instead of criticising Chinese people criticise the person who's doing the indecent thing.
Bobby Clemente 6 years ago
I don't get where people think it's Chinese who did it. I didn't see anyone in the video.
Load More Replies... Pungent Sauce 6 years ago
Mainlanders. They are the only reason the Louvre had to put up “Please only poop in the toilets” signs. These signs are exclusively in Mandarin. Go ahead, look it up. https://www.vice.com/da/article/gqnzxj/are-chinese-tourists-the-worst-tourists-in-the-world
Lee Maidana Kuhl 6 years ago
Great article! I was always under the impression that us, the USA, tourists were the worst. Though we personally have always tried to be extremely courteous and aware of the locals when we, my family have traveled, I do see appalling behaviour of our own countrymen acting absolutely disgusting here at home. Which gives me the idea that we behave the same when traveling to other countries. I do wish that everyone would be wary of their actions when traveling as it represents their homeland. Though, I wish for a lot of things.
Load More Replies... rhyan lumilay 6 years ago
Why do we have to put animals in some enclosure then let some idiots hurt or annoy them? Those people should be thrown to the Gators and Big cats.
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