ΧΙΟΝΟΜΠΑΛΕΣ στα ΑΦΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΑ ΛΙΟΝΤΑΡΙΑ στην ΚΙΝΑ

ΚΙΝΑ Hangzhou Zoo, επισκέπτες  χτυπούν με χιονόμπαλες τα Αφρικάνικα λιοντάρια για διασκέδαση…

Οι φωτογραφίες δημοσιεύτηκαν στις 5-1-13 στο China's microblogging site Sina Weibo και έλαβαν χιλιάδες σχόλια για την απάνθρωπη κακοποίηση των ζώων.

Zoo Visitors in Hangzhou Violently Hit Panthera Leos with Snowballs for Pleasure

January 5 afternoon, at the Hangzhou Zoo lion exhibit, as soon as a group of visitors spotted the African Lions, they began to make snowballs. The lions felt something was amiss. The lioness swiftly hid under a wooden plank, and the male lion used a tree trunk as cover, with both eyes fixed on the visitors. “WHOOSH”, a young person threw a snowball at the African lions. The lions immediately dodged it, the snowball missing, but the visitor laughed loudly all the same. Some other visitors and children began to follow suit, throwing snowballs at the lions. One of them used large chunks of snow and threw them down with all of his strength. The lioness was freaked out, made a wide circle around, and hid together with the male lion tightly in a corner. In the end, just as those visitors left “in content”, the male lion gave out a fierce roar, his eyes fixed hard on their backs as they left. Walking around the zoo, people were seen attacking animals with snowballs at the alpaca Barn, monkey, giraffe, small animals, tiger, etc. exhibits. A netizen commented: “If the lions weren’t locked in a cage, would the visitors still dare to attack them?”
πηγή
http://www.chinasmack.com/2013/pictures/chinese-zoo-visitors-hit-lions-with-snowballs-for-fun.html

10-1-13  Hangzhou Zoo Visitors Throw Snowballs At Lions
China's zoos have long since been criticized for instances of animal abuse. But, despite past crackdowns, instances of apparent animal cruelty have continued, as a series of photos showing Hangzhou Zoo visitors throwing snowballs at lions surfaced this week.

According to China Daily, the photos -- taken at Hangzhou Zoo on Jan. 5 and later posted on China's microblogging site Sina Weibo -- were shared countless times and received thousands of comments criticizing the abuse.

As Redditor Triviumsogerd recalls:
The sad thing is, this is way better than what they normally throw. When I went LAST YEAR people were throwing anything they could get their hands on at the animals. Such as full plastic water bottles, coke cans, also full, rocks, and the worst part is NO ZOO STAFF WAS PRESENT
πηγή

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/10/hangzhou-zoo-china-snowballs-lions-animal-cruelty_n_2448801.html