Why are many zoos in northeast Sichuan difficult to operate?

There are few tourists in winter in Guohuashan, Shehong North. 12 12 at noon, the zoo ticket booth halfway up the mountain is being renovated. Three young people came over and asked, does the zoo need to charge tickets? "Yes, each 10 yuan." He Hongwu, who was sitting next door drinking tea, replied. As the only zoo in Suining, Huaguoshan Zoo invested 2.5 million yuan in 2002. /kloc-after 0/5 years, the cost was confiscated, but the business was getting worse and worse.

Similarly, due to too little passenger flow, Bazhong Zoo was closed in September this year. Mr. Feng, who has been running the Zoo 10 in Mianyang for many years, is currently inspecting a water recreation project in Guangyuan and intends to change careers. A staff member of China Zoo Association said that according to the survey of member units, some small zoos do have difficulties, but not the whole industry.

What is the reason?

Insiders: With the improvement of economic conditions, large zoos around are popular.

Zhao Nanxing, the operator of Zigong Zoo, has been engaged in zoo management and animal husbandry for 23 years. Why are these small zoos difficult to operate? He thinks there are three reasons.

First, with the improvement of economic conditions, more people will choose to drive around large zoos, such as those in Chengdu, Chongqing and Ya 'an.

Second, the conditions of the small zoo itself are not good, and the management is not in place, forming a vicious circle.

Third, unwilling to reinvest, not increasing the variety and quantity, leading to a decline in operating conditions, and finally making ends meet.

Encounter a cold winter

The fence is rusty, the facilities in the garden are out of date, and the cages for birds are no longer beautiful. The lion and tiger lie prone in the cage, facing the barking of the puppy outside the glass, and there is almost no response. This seems to be no longer a zoo scene.

Bazhong

When the park closed, the director said, "Sometimes a ticket cannot be sold every day."

The zoo in Nankan Mountain Scenic Area in Bazhong was closed in September this year. At present, there are more than 10 species of animals that need to be handled, and 5 staff members need to be placed. Bazhong Zoo is state-owned. After the zoo is closed, the monthly feeding expenses and employees' salaries are subsidized by the government. However, the monthly salary of 65,438+0,000 yuan still puzzles Guo Kailang, a 30-year-old director who is a veterinarian.

Guo Kailang told Chengdu Business Daily that Bazhong Zoo is an old zoo with a history of more than 30 years. Although it covers a small area, its exhibition area is only about 2 mu. Since 20 13, Bazhong Zoo has been losing money because no new animals have been introduced. At present, there are 10 kinds of animals in the zoo, including lions, monkeys, pythons, giant salamanders, pheasants and so on. Regarding the disposal of these animals, the zoo has contacted the zoos in Chengdu and Nanchong. "It is currently under discussion." Guo Kailang said that the zoo has no plans to reopen, and the animals can only be resold to other zoos. Guo Kailang felt sorry and helpless about the closure of the zoo. "But this is the general trend." Guo Kailang said that sometimes a ticket could not be sold every day before it was closed. "Now you can save some operating expenses."

Boss Feng, who runs a zoo in Mianyang, is "unwilling to say more". These days, he and several friends are busy negotiating a water playground project in Guangyuan. Boss Feng said he would change careers.

Nanchong

Once the "No.1 in Northeast Sichuan" has now changed hands.

Similar to Bazhong Zoo, there is Nanchong Guo Shan Zoo. 20 14, Wang Yongbin went to Nanchong to take over Nanchong Zoo and became the director. But after only two years, he packed his bags and returned to his hometown in Henan.

Nanchong Zoo has been privately owned since 2004, but it changed hands many times due to poor management. According to public information, Nanchong Zoo was born in 1953. It used to be a performance place for temporary captive animals of Nanchong Music Association. In the mid-1960s, Nanchong Zoo was listed and merged into Guo Shan Park. In 2004, after the transformation of Guo Shan Park, the zoo was privatized and its address was transferred to a nursery in Xishan Scenic Area to continue its operation. Due to the lack of financial support, the zoo can't upgrade its existing hardware and introduce new animal species, and its position as the "No.1 in Northeast Sichuan" has gradually declined. After Wang Yongbin took over, he failed to change the plight of Nanchong Zoo. 20/kloc-In early May, when a reporter from Chengdu Business Daily interviewed Nanchong Zoo, Wang Yongbin was worried about the survival and future of the animals. The income of the zoo mainly comes from ticket income, which will maintain the wages of park employees and the food expenses of animals. "The monthly ticket income is only enough to barely maintain the operation of the zoo and not make money." Wang Yongbin said.

Relevant persons from the Wildlife Protection Section of Nanchong Forestry Bureau told Chengdu Business Daily that Nanchong Zoo changed hands many times but failed to persist, mainly due to poor management and poor geographical location. 12 14 when a reporter from Chengdu Business Daily contacted Wang Yongbin, he said that he had now returned to his hometown in Henan. Two years ago, he transferred the zoo to Peng 'an Flower and Tree Planting Farmers' Professional Cooperative, which established a zoo in Peng 'anli Town.

Suining

Can not recover the cost, relying on wild boar breeding to support.

In 2002, 35-year-old He Hongwu was ready to do something big. Having been doing business for many years, he "hopes to expand his business". After consulting with several brothers and sisters, he decided to open a zoo in partnership. At that time, the zoo in Nanchong Beihu Park was preparing to move, and some animals were for sale. He studied for three days and then signed the project. The site is 13 mu, which is a cascade wasteland and is located on the hillside of Guo Hua in Ping 'an Scenic Area. He Hongwu built fences and offices in this place. It took half a year to go back and forth and invested 2.5 million.

After opening, the fare was 10 yuan, but after two years, the fare dropped to 6 yuan and cautiously increased to 8 yuan in 20 12. 2065,438+06, the price returned to the opening price of 65,438+00 yuan. He Hongwu said that the annual ticket income is now more than 200,000, and the holiday business is good. In weather that is too cold or too hot, there are few tourists.

He Hongwu's zoo has more than 30 kinds of animals such as lions, leopards, black bears, ostriches, monkeys, wild boars, sika deer and peacocks. The monthly feeding cost is 654.38 million yuan, and five workers are invited, with a monthly salary of 654.38 million yuan. These expenses do not include his salary and that of his brother-in-law Song Decai, who collects tickets. He Hongwu told Chengdu Business Daily that the ticket revenue has not increased, but the cost has increased year by year.

From 2003 to 2006, He Hongwu used the storefront in front of the zoo to run a Chinese restaurant for three years, but in the end he failed to persist. In 2005, it began to domesticate and breed wild boar. By 20 1 1, the annual profit is about 200,000. For many years, the zoo has been supported by the annual sales of 100 wild boar. Even so, the investment of more than 2 million yuan in that year has not yet recovered its cost. Now that he is old, the status quo of the zoo makes him unable to throw it away and help him.

Where is the road?

The Chengdu Business Daily reporter learned that in the first half of this year, the China Zoo Association conducted an industry survey on member units in terms of animal welfare, public education level and management, and found that there were three main problems: the degree of industry standardization was not high; The problem of animal reproduction is worrying; The degree of industry socialization is low. Transformation, where is the road?

Transformation: from enclosure type to ecological park and tourist area.

As for the operational efficiency, the above survey report has not been fully reflected. A staff member said, "some are poorly managed."

China Zoo Association belongs to the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and currently has more than 190 member units. This data has not changed significantly for many years, but there is a small amount of inflow and outflow every year. According to the staff of the association, in 20 16 years, 10 zoos quit the association, and five or six of them stopped operating animal exhibitions. The staff admitted that some poorly managed zoos may not have paid their dues to become members of the association, so the investigation of the association did not involve this part of the zoo.

The reporter learned from the China Zoo Association that in recent years, a large number of zoos in Shandong, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and other places are being launched. In fact, these newly-built zoos are looking for a new way to display animals. In the past, more and more enclosure zoos entered ecological parks and tourist areas, forming a compound business model. The staff of China Zoo Association said that from the survey of member units, the change of animal exhibition form is indeed taking place.

Correspondingly, when Guo Shan Zoo went downhill, another zoo in Nanchong was quietly built. Huahaoyueyuan Zoo is located in Li Xi Town, Peng 'an County. 20 14 a foreign company entered the local area and set up a professional cooperative with farmers to build the largest ecological zoo in northeast Sichuan. "My team made a survey, and the survey results showed that there was no large zoo in Nanchong, and Nanchong people had to go far away to see animals. In fact, the zoo is a huge tourist market, so we decided to build a large zoo according to the terrain and mountains of Lihua House Village. " Zhang Hongbiao, chairman of Huahaoyueyuan Agriculture Co., Ltd. said that the park will also build "African Prairie", "Jurassic Park", bird kingdom, children's amusement park and other landscapes, and is determined to build the largest ecological zoo in northeast Sichuan, introduce zebras and giraffes, and build Tiger Mountain and Monkey Mountain.

Zhang Hongbiao claimed that "since the trial operation in May this year, it has received more than 654.38+million tourists, with sales revenue of several million yuan". However, the staff of China Zoo Association said that some policies and regulations need to be improved during the transition period for zoos with new exhibition forms planned and built in the form of ecological parks and tourist areas.

Experts say: going to the suburbs is the general trend.

A staff member of China Zoo Association, who asked not to be named, told Chengdu Business Daily that the original intention of zoo planning and construction is a part of cultural construction in various cities, which mainly exists in the public welfare nature of popular science. The management of local zoos often reflects the level of regional economic development.

Zhao Nanxing believes that the zoo is a popular science window of a city. To run a zoo well, we must first have rich animal species and a certain number, and then enhance the popular science and interaction of the zoo, so that visitors can get close to animals while learning knowledge. Only by paying attention to social effects can we bring economic effects.

Sun Dajiang, an associate professor at the School of Landscape Architecture of Sichuan Agricultural University and director of the Landscape Planning and Design Research Office, told Chengdu Business Daily that with the development of technology and ideas, the zoo has now entered the third stage of development, and the interaction of animal display has undergone great changes. The zoo is no longer a theme park. In the past, it was mainly based on popular science, captive breeding, display and breeding. Nowadays, interactive experience and technological content have been increased, and many advanced technologies have been applied to animal display, such as VR technology. Of course, the zoo is still within the scope of the whole urban green space planning, or exists in the form of a park. For example, the evaluation of national garden cities now requires zoos and botanical gardens to have corresponding indicators. Sun Dajiang said that in combination with the current rural revitalization plan, it is actually a diversified intervention to make the zoo colorful, give tourists a better outdoor leisure and holiday experience, and at the same time drive the vitality around the city. This is the development trend of zoos.

Sun Dajiang said that zoos appear in every city as a unit of urban green space system. But with the development of the city, the original green space and zoo space have been squeezed. The original zoo was built with traditional thinking, and the management and environmental protection stayed in traditional means. From about 20 1 1, in the Outline of National Green Space System Planning, it is required to plan the zoo to suburban or urban fringe areas, and the zoo will usher in the second stage of development, but at the same time undertake social responsibilities such as popular science, education, exhibition, publicity and protection.

interconnection

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development once banned renting and contracting zoos.

Insiders: It's just guidance, not binding.

In recent years, private zoos have been frequently exposed to problems such as poor living environment and animals starving to death.

During the Spring Festival this year, some netizens broke the news that monkeys in a zoo in Zhuzhou Shenlong Park, Hunan Province could not eat independently and were injured. Nobody cleaned the zoo, and it stinks. According to media reports, the zoo was closed for rectification in early February. Inquiring about the national enterprise credit information publicity system, we can find that the zoo is currently an individual industrial and commercial household, and its composition is self-employed.

The reporter of Beiqing Daily noticed that on 20 10 and 10, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development issued the "Opinions on Further Strengthening Zoo Management" to stop all animal performances in zoos and other parks. Among them, the zoo must restore its public welfare nature and prohibit illegal business activities such as leasing and contracting.

According to a zoo-related practitioner, at present, the approval authority of domestic zoos has been delegated to local governments. As long as the relevant conditions are met, zoos can be built for wildlife protection and public education, and there is no strict requirement on the nature of the operators. According to the insiders, although the Ministry of Construction issued relevant documents on 20 10, they are only guiding opinions and not binding. At present, there are no laws and regulations that prohibit private individuals from contracting zoos.

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