Is it illegal for tourists to take pictures and feed pandas despite advice?

On a road paved with wood, some simple and lovely little pandas stood and some squatted down. Next to them, a group of men and women in casual clothes are feeding, taking pictures and playing with the little panda. Since September 8th, the "intimate photos" of this group of people and the red panda have quickly become popular in cyberspace such as Weibo and WeChat. Some netizens praised the support, but many people questioned, "Red pandas are protecting animals. Is it legal and safe for tourists to contact like this? " In addition, many netizens speculated that the shooting location was Saburo Tourist Resort, but then the scenic spot also issued a statement denying that the photo was taken in the scenic spot. In this regard, the staff of the Wild Protection Department of Chengdu Forestry and Landscape Bureau also reminded the general public that the forestry department does not advocate close contact between humans and wild animals. "Wild animals are not pets, they are all aggressive, and safety is difficult to guarantee."

Tourists ignored the suggestion of taking pictures to feed the pandas. Come and have a look with me.

On a road paved with wood, some simple and lovely little pandas stood and some squatted down. Next to them, a group of men and women in casual clothes are feeding, taking pictures and playing with the little panda. Since September 8th, the "intimate photos" of this group of people and the red panda have quickly become popular in cyberspace such as Weibo and WeChat. Some netizens praised the support, but many people questioned, "Red pandas are protecting animals. Is it legal and safe for tourists to contact like this? "

On the afternoon of the 9th, the reporter on the cover of Huaxi Daily got in touch with the poster "Shi Yanyan" of this group of photos. He said that he also forwarded this group of photos, but he didn't know about it. In addition, many netizens speculated that the shooting location was Saburo Tourist Resort, but then the scenic spot also issued a statement denying that the photo was taken in the scenic spot.

In this regard, the staff of the Wild Protection Department of Chengdu Forestry and Landscape Bureau also reminded the general public that the forestry department does not advocate close contact between humans and wild animals. "Wild animals are not pets, they are all aggressive, and safety is difficult to guarantee."

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People are in close contact with pandas, and netizens discuss and explode the pot.

On the evening of September 8th, this group of controversial "intimate photos" were posted by the netizen "Shi Yan Yuji" in Weibo and QQ space, and then forwarded by other netizens.

This group of "intimate photos" contains three photos. In the first photo, there are four little pandas, basically standing. At this time, there are two men 1 women sitting by, or feeding the little panda, or taking close-up photos with mobile phones and cameras.

In the second and third photos, a young man dressed in gray and carrying a black backpack appeared. Several little pandas were lying on his clothes and standing up with their paws to beg for food.

At 3pm on the 9th, the reporter found that Weibo had nearly 90,000 comments on this article, which triggered a heated discussion among a large number of netizens. Some netizens believe that this kind of contact with wild animals should be advocated. But more netizens are also worried that the red panda belongs to the national protected animals and is aggressive. Is this legal and safe?

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Some citizens drove to the park and found no pandas.

On the morning of the 9th, many eagle-eyed netizens speculated that the intimate photos of this group of online celebrities were taken in the tourist resort of Saburo Town, chongzhou city. At about 4: 50 pm that day, Huaxi Daily-cover journalist came to the scenic spot.

"We drove here because we saw the news on Weibo." At about 5 pm, a woman who asked not to be named told reporters that her family of four had planned to hug the bear cat, but found that there was no such thing at all. "I feel cheated by Weibo bloggers."

Subsequently, the reporter continued to visit the park and found a 200-square-meter garden with a glass fence of about 1.2 meters. According to the staff, there are about 200 square meters here, which is a panda park under construction, but there are no pandas yet.

In addition, according to the pictures on Weibo, the reporter tried to find a similar shooting location. After visiting the park, he found nothing similar to the picture. In addition, many local residents also said that they had never seen a red panda in the park.

Scenic response/

This photo was not taken here. The panda hasn't entered the park yet.

At about 5 pm that day, Ms. Bai, a staff member of the tourist resort, told the reporter that the photos of Weibo's madness were not taken in their park. "Some citizens should confuse other online pictures with our scenic spots."

At the same time, she said that there is indeed a plan to introduce red pandas here, but the procedures are still under examination and approval, so there are no red pandas for the time being. "If red pandas are introduced in the future, they may not be allowed to contact tourists at will."

In addition, in the afternoon, the scenic spot also released information to clarify the incident. The photos of the little panda rumored on the Internet are not owned by the scenic spot, and the network information is not spread by them.

At present, the facilities related to the Little Panda Pavilion have been built in the scenic area, but the little panda has not yet entered the park. Relevant wildlife breeding licenses are being processed.

Ministry of Forestry/

Wild animals are not pets. Close contact has potential safety hazards.

"If it is artificial breeding of red pandas, as long as the relevant procedures are complete, the law does not explicitly prohibit close contact with humans." The staff of the Wild Protection Department of Chengdu Forestry and Landscape Bureau said that even so, the forestry department does not advocate close contact between people and wild animals. "Wild animals are not pets, they are all aggressive, and safety issues are difficult to guarantee."

Cover journalist Yang Li Yang Xue's photo report (some pictures are based on the network)

Tourists don't listen to advice, take pictures and feed the pandas.

Reflections on "tourists illegally feeding pandas"

On June 6th, 10, media reporters and their families visited Sichuan Panda Valley. Besides the naive giant panda, they also saw some uncivilized scenes. Some tourists not only venture over the railing to take pictures, but also illegally feed pandas with branches and apples. (65438+1paper net on October 7th)

Needless to say, similar uncivilized actions have not been news for a long time. Although the media has exposed a lot and criticized a lot, there are always problems that can't be stopped, and the reasons behind it deserve reflection.

Many people say that these uncivilized behaviors are the "bad consequences" brought by tourists' poor moral quality and weak sense of rules. Indeed, there are warning signs and civilized conventions everywhere in the zoo, and some staff and volunteers always give civilized persuasion. From the "hardware" basis, there should be a relatively perfect rule environment. Tourists are among them, but they know they can't do it. There seems to be no other way but to criticize their wrong behavior from the moral high ground. What's more, zoo staff have no law enforcement power, and it is even more impossible to increase the number of people to supervise tourists "one-on-one".

However, the author believes that in addition to these reasons, there is also a very important reason is the influence of tourists' "conformity psychology".

In fact, every tourist has a moral ruler in his heart. Their love for pandas is not a whim, not out of curiosity about the word "national treasure", but out of sincere love. They may know that it is not good to throw food, but when they see others throwing food, the panda likes it very much, so they think that the panda likes it. When they are hungry, they blindly follow it and think that they have done a good thing with joy.

In fact, this conformity psychology has little to do with the quality of moral cultivation, and it is a common natural reaction under social conditions. Just like the "bear bite" incident in Badaling Zoo, I believe that tourists must have been reminded by the scenic spot and know that feeding bears is very risky. However, when they see that others are fine, they will naturally think it is "safe", but it is precisely what he thinks is "safe", which has become the root cause of their injuries.

Objectively speaking, everyone has a herd mentality. In a crowded environment, when everyone is drunk and I wake up alone, not everyone can stay awake. Of course, we should emphasize that tourists are orderly and disciplined, but we can't ignore the objective phenomenon that people are easily influenced by the surrounding environment. At least in the eyes of those tourists who are considered uncivilized, they don't necessarily think that they have done much wrong, and even ask, "Others can do it, why can't I?"

Therefore, if we want to put an end to similar problems, we should not always point the finger at morality, quality and consciousness, but more importantly, we should pay attention to the rational use of public opinion to promote civilization. As the saying goes, "blocking is better than dredging", with less criticism and more advocacy, perhaps the effect will be better.

Of course, we can't ignore the power of rules. In fact, the two are unified and promote each other. Rules are external constraints on civilization, and civilization is a heartfelt respect for rules. Only by cooperating with each other can the problem of "tourists feeding pandas" not happen again.