Kangaroo in zoo dies after being pelted by bricks from tourists trying to see it hop: report
Tourists at a zoo in South China pelted a kangaroo with bricks in an attempt to see the animal hop, but the animal was fatally injured, The AFP reported Thursday, citing state television.
The marsupial died after a few days after suffering a ruptured kidney, the report said. A few weeks later, another kangaroo in the enclosure was slightly injured in a similar incident, the report said.
The report said that visitors at the Fuzhou Zoo in Fujian province are known to try and get kangaroos to hop. The zoo reportedly said it will install cameras and stuff the 12-year-old female.
The report showed the kangaroo, with a nearly severed foot, being treated for its injuries.
Kangaroo dies in Chinese zoo after visitors throw rocks 'to make it hop'
Bill Birtles
@billbirtles
This doesn't surprise me. It's craphole China. Subhumans that enjoy giving defenseless animals pain and suffering.
Pics of the bricks that visitors hurled at kangaroos at the zoo in Fujian, killing one and injuring another. Zoo staff say visitors often throw objects at animals despite it being ‘prohibited’.
- Disgusting! Australian wildlife should be withdrawn from overseas zoos where care is deemed substandard, Tennoji Zoo Osaka is also atrocious #ShameOnYou #AnimalWelfare @peta
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- Absoloutely just disgusting looking at the dead roo makes me disgusted I would love to revenge the visitors by throwing rocks at THEM!! #SaveWildlife #Savethekangaroos #shameonyouvisitors Those kangaroos should live in their own aussie environment!
