Heavy Rain Causes Fence Damage, African Wild Dogs Escape from British Zoo, Almost Depleting Deer and Sheep Population

Wildlife parks often put predators and herbivores in the same park area to recreate a natural environment, with only a fence separating them. Although this simulates a real wilderness environment, it actually poses a hidden danger.

A wildlife park in Britain had a 'management accident': Heavy rain damaged the fence, African wild dogs wreaked havoc in the park, slaughtering almost all the deer and sheep…

Last Saturday, Britain experienced a storm. The West Midland Safari Park in central England suffered heavy losses. On the one hand, a large number of facilities in the park were destroyed by the wind and rain; on the other hand, the fence that kept 12 African wild dogs confined was blown down, causing these bloody killers to jump into the herbivore area and massacre the poor Barbary sheep and Persian deer.

The incident occurred at night, and when the keepers arrived the next morning, they found that 10 Persian deer and 6 Barbary sheep were lying in pieces on the ground, and the African wild dogs were lazily lying around them.

Tearful keepers returned the fierce dogs to their enclosure and quickly cleaned up the scene, managing to restore everything before 10 am when the park opened. They didn't want tourists to see such a brutal scene.

An insider told a media outlet: 'When everyone saw the dead animals and the dying animals forming a circle, no one wanted to look at it for too long.'

There was blood everywhere, absolutely bloody. As soon as the African wild dogs discovered the damaged fence, they rushed into the area of the deer and sheep, doing what they had always wanted to do but could not do—slaughtering.

African wild dogs killed all the animals in the park except one deer and one sheep, including three newborn Barbary pups and six newborn Persian deer born in March and June.

The West Midland Safari Park spokesperson said: 'The keepers are people with emotions, and they have formed deep bonds with the animals they raise. The unfortunate result of this accident made our staff very sad.'

In addition to sadness, the keepers are now working hard to reinforce the fences and barriers to prevent another storm from attacking.

Although African wild dogs mercilessly killed the animals in the park, it was their nature. The wild dog keepers do not intend to punish them, but continue to raise them as before, because African wild dogs are extremely endangered animals, and there are less than 5000 left in the wild.

Of course, not every time an animal escapes from its enclosure results in a good outcome. In 2012, one African wild dog successfully escaped the fence and accidentally wandered into the lion enclosure, and unfortunately, the weak wild dog was eventually executed by the lion.

There have been many such incidents in the park, because for carnivorous animals, the herbivores living around them are all delicious food. As long as they seize the opportunity, they are very happy to have another meal at night. Therefore, to prevent such things from happening again, we must 'lock the dogs and don't let them enter', and the keepers must carefully check the fences.

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