Poll of the Day > Kangaroo pelted with rocks dies in Chinese zoo.

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WastelandCowboy
04/20/18 11:47:24 AM
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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/20/world/asia/china-kangaroo-zoo-death.html

BEIJING Visitors to a zoo in southeast China, apparently hoping for a livelier show, pelted kangaroos with rocks, ultimately killing one, injuring another and setting off a wave of public disgust and anger.

The 12-year-old female kangaroo died in a zoo in Fuzhou, the capital of Fujian Province, over a month ago. But the news surfaced only this week, when a local newspaper, The Haixia Metropolis News, described zookeepers shock at finding it with a smashed foot, hobbled and listless, after at least one visitor apparently threw stones in an attempt to make it jump.

Some of us saw visitors throwing stones, and an attendant went out to stop it, but the visitors denied doing it, a veterinarian at the zoo, who gave only her surname, Chen, told The Paper, a Shanghai-based news website.

A veterinarian cleaned and treated the kangaroos injured foot. But a few days later, it died suddenly from profuse internal bleeding. The zoo believes the bleeding was caused by undetected injuries from the stones.

It showed that it was in deep pain, the veterinarian said. But it wasnt clear where the pain was.

Even then, the stones kept coming. After that attack, a 5-year-old kangaroo was injured at the same zoo when visitors struck it with rocks, the news reports said.

Some adults see the kangaroos sleeping and then pick up rocks to throw at them, one of the Fuzhou zoo attendants said, according to The Haixia Metropolis News. After we cleared the display area of rocks, they went to find them elsewhere.

The Fuzhou episodes come at a time of chilly relations between China and Australia and debate over the reach of the Chinese Communist Party in Australian society. There was no suggestion, though, that antipathy toward Australia was in any way involved.

Many Chinese zoos have long been cramped, barren places for animals. But in larger cities many have been trying to improve conditions, reflecting growing public anxiety about mistreatment.

Public fury erupted in 2003 when a university student in Beijing threw sulfuric acid on bears in the citys main zoo. In 2016, a polar bear kept in a mall in southern China attracted a wave of sympathy for its lonely existence. Staff members at the Fuzhou zoo said visitors had been known to throw rocks at other animals, including ostriches, The Haixia Metropolis News reported.

The news of the kangaroos death unleashed a burst of dismay about how animals in Chinas zoos are treated, and especially some visitors habit of lobbing objects and food to attract animals attention. The Haixia Metropolis News said on Friday that it had been inundated with angry public comments about the kangaroos death.

The Ningbo Daily, another eastern Chinese newspaper, said the Fuzhou zoos promise to install more security cameras was treating the symptoms, not the cause.

Under cameras, many people will consciously rein in their behavior, an article in Fridays edition of the paper said. But there is still much work to be done to fundamentally change the small number of visitors to zoos who harm and abuse animals.

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Krazy_Kirby
04/20/18 11:49:50 AM
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perhaps rocks should be thrown at the
people who threw them while they are sleeping?
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SushiSquid
04/20/18 11:50:42 AM
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What the fuck is wrong with people?
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Alexandra_Trent
04/20/18 12:17:48 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
perhaps rocks should be thrown at the
people who threw them while they are sleeping?

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LinkPizza
04/20/18 12:18:47 PM
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First of all, Kangaroos are like one of my favorite animals. They gave me high fives. And I like that. Also, who the fuck throws rocks at a sleeping animal. Let them sleep. People really are fucked up.

And it's really sad that the kangaroo could show that it was in pain, but couldn't tell them where.

SushiSquid posted...
What the fuck is wrong with people?

I agree with this.

Krazy_Kirby posted...
perhaps rocks should be thrown at the
people who threw them while they are sleeping?

And when they wake up, keep throwing rocks at them.
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Andromicus
04/20/18 12:18:50 PM
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Animal cruelty is their national pastime
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helIy
04/20/18 12:19:43 PM
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how big and plentiful were these rocks, and what are the arms on these dudes that they could throw them that hard
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LinkPizza
04/20/18 12:21:48 PM
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helIy posted...
how big and plentiful were these rocks, and what are the arms on these dudes that they could throw them that hard

You wouldn't need to be strong for a throw rock to hurt. And they probably weren't that far. I don't know the size of the rocks, nor how plentiful they were at first. But they did clear the area of rocks. But people went to other places to find them afterwards... which makes it more fucked up...
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Krazy_Kirby
04/20/18 12:25:21 PM
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VeeVees
04/20/18 1:02:35 PM
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they should get the death penatly
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Mead
04/20/18 1:05:47 PM
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Shit like this keeps giving chinese tourists a bad name
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Smarkil
04/20/18 1:09:00 PM
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lmao wtf is this shit

who does that?
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WastelandCowboy
04/20/18 1:34:28 PM
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Mead posted...
Shit like this keeps giving chinese tourists a bad name
All nationalities have their good and bad tourists. This is nothing new. Its just much more noticeable with social media.
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pikey87
04/20/18 1:42:39 PM
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I hope they at least cooked the kangaroo after. That sucks though. In the winter my dog likes to go outside and just lie down in the snow. I always throw a snowball at him to get his attention when it's time to come in. Can't imagine throwing a rock at the little guy.
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wwinterj25
04/20/18 1:45:52 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
perhaps rocks should be thrown at the
people who threw them while they are sleeping?

I'd pay to do that.
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gguirao
04/20/18 1:47:11 PM
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Bastards!
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JTekashiro
04/20/18 10:52:59 PM
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This just proves why rocks are the superior pet. If you pelted a rock with a bunch of kangaroos, it wouldn't die.
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Final Fantasy2389
04/20/18 11:07:47 PM
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This makes angry.
Wtf is wrong with people? Why are they such assholes?
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Yellow
04/20/18 11:09:03 PM
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Andromicus posted...
Animal cruelty is their national pastime

True, their culture has basically zero respect for animals.
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zebatov
04/20/18 11:10:28 PM
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This is my surprised face.
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LinkPizza
04/20/18 11:12:54 PM
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zebatov posted...
This is my surprised face.

Pics of surprises face.
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adjl
04/20/18 11:14:05 PM
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Krazy_Kirby posted...
perhaps rocks should be thrown at the
people who threw them while they are sleeping?


Better yet, throw the people into the pen with the kangaroos.
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Solid Sonic
04/20/18 11:27:26 PM
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Im sure many of you want to make implications that would get you in trouble on this site.
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Blightzkrieg
04/20/18 11:32:23 PM
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Mead
04/20/18 11:45:10 PM
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WastelandCowboy posted...
Mead posted...
Shit like this keeps giving chinese tourists a bad name
All nationalities have their good and bad tourists. This is nothing new. Its just much more noticeable with social media.


Sure, Im not saying Chinese people are worse than others

But there is a very existent Chinese tourist stereotype nowadays with a lot of negative connotations that things like this perpetuate with among more bigoted folks
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WastelandCowboy
04/21/18 12:32:36 AM
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Mead posted...
WastelandCowboy posted...
Mead posted...
Shit like this keeps giving chinese tourists a bad name
All nationalities have their good and bad tourists. This is nothing new. Its just much more noticeable with social media.


Sure, Im not saying Chinese people are worse than others

But there is a very existent Chinese tourist stereotype nowadays with a lot of negative connotations that things like this perpetuate with among more bigoted folks

Wouldn't disagree with you here.
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yutterh
04/21/18 12:51:44 AM
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JTekashiro posted...
This just proves why rocks are the superior pet. If you pelted a rock with a bunch of kangaroos, it wouldn't die.


I laughed way to hard at this hahahahahahaha
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Miroku_of_Nite1
04/21/18 1:04:18 AM
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LeetCheet
04/21/18 2:29:27 AM
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It sounds like China shouldn't even have any Zoos to begin with.
Poor animals.
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I is smart
04/21/18 6:00:35 AM
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Blightzkrieg posted...


I love that look of "What the fuck, did he just hit me?" on the kangaroo's face.
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zebatov
04/21/18 6:58:04 AM
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LinkPizza posted...
zebatov posted...
This is my surprised face.

Pics of surprises face.


You're supposed to be able to imagine it with the context of the thread.
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adjl
04/21/18 12:54:19 PM
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yutterh posted...
JTekashiro posted...
This just proves why rocks are the superior pet. If you pelted a rock with a bunch of kangaroos, it wouldn't die.


I laughed way to hard at this hahahahahahaha


Kangaroos=scissors confirmed.
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Miroku_of_Nite1
04/21/18 2:21:02 PM
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Metalsonic66
04/21/18 2:50:17 PM
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Andromicus posted...
Animal cruelty is their national pastime

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Revelation34
04/21/18 5:59:29 PM
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Miroku_of_Nite1 posted...
Blightzkrieg posted...


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Bugmeat
04/21/18 10:36:05 PM
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Since its a consitent issue they should give all zoo staff a bag of rocks to carry around. Anytime they see a jack ass throwing stuff at the animals they immediately start pelting that person with rocks. Have some dress in street clothes instead of their uniform so they will blend in.
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