At Midnight, Young Panda Dies After Playing with Hanging Ball | Netizens Noticed Something Was Wrong During Live Stream
Yesterday,China Giant Panda Protection Research Centerofficial Weibo released a message: On the same day, the panda center's Shenshiping Basegiant panda 'Lu Lu Ai'(Born on August 10, 2019, female)suffocated to death due to entanglement of climbing ropes in its neck
Young panda died after playing with climbing balls in the early morning
At around 2:00 AM on the 9th, 'Lu Lu Ai' climbed to a wooden platform with climbing toys in the Shenshiping Base kindergarten outdoor sports fieldand then the young panda tied the rope of the climbing ball around its body and began to struggle, and after several minutes, the young panda stopped struggling and died
Due to the late night incident and the difficulty in distinguishing between the panda's entangled position and its resting position on the wooden platform,the night patrol personnel failed to find any abnormalities
At 9:00 AM on April 9th, the Shenshiping Base kindergarten feed staff visited the kindergarten feed point and first checked the young cubs in the viewing passage, and did not find any abnormalities. Staff introduced that at that time, 'Lu Lu Ai' was facing away from the viewing area and could not see its face clearly, looking from a distance was like hanging on the wooden platform to rest
Feed staff discovered 'Lu Lu Ai''s neck and forelimbs wrapped in the rope of the climbing ball after entering the climbing ball field at around 9:00 AM on April 9th, through contact and observation, it was initially determined to be dead, and then samples were collected for examinationProtection Research Center: Deeply saddened
Will strengthen night patrol
China Giant Panda Protection Research Center stated that it deeply mourns the departure of giant panda 'Lu Lu Ai'. This incident also made it fully aware of its shortcomings in big panda safety management
The panda center will learn from this incident and further strengthen the safety checks and evaluations of the environment for young giant pandas, completely eliminate safety hazards in the park; at the same time, strengthen night patrols to avoid the occurrence of such incidents
It is reported that China Giant Panda Protection Research Center is the largest giant panda protection research institution in the world. As of the end of 2019, the panda center's captive giant panda population has reached 313, accounting for more than 50% of the global captive giant panda population. The panda center currently has bases in Bifengxia, Qingchengshan in Dujiangyang, Shenshiping and Huatou in Wolong, raising 182 giant pandas
Some netizens posted on Weibo that they saw abnormalities while watching live broadcasts in the early morning
After the incident occurred
Many netizens expressed their heartache
and called for
strengthening safety protectionSource: China Giant Panda Protection Research Center, Sichuan Daily, Southern Metropolis News, Sina Weibo, etc.
Editor Du Hai Feng
Hangzhou Daily Sincere Production
