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From November 2009 to February 2010, a total of 11 Siberian tigers died abnormally in the glacier animal park in Qipanshan Forest Wildlife Park, Shenyang. According to industry insiders, the Siberian tiger in the park has been suffering from chronic malnutrition and low immunity, so it is sick. China News Agency issued Zhao Jingdong photo
Yesterday afternoon, more than 100 employees of Shenyang Forest Wildlife Park went on strike for three days. On the same day, working groups from the State Forestry Administration, Liaoning Forestry Administration and Shenyang Qipanshan Management Committee arrived one after another to solve the problem of the death and feeding of the Northeast Tiger. As of last night, no effective plan was reached. After the death of 11 Siberian tigers in the park, the management Committee of Qipanshan Development Zone in Shenyang, where the zoo is located, asked the relevant departments to carry out further investigation.
More than 100 employees went on strike because of unpaid wages.
Yesterday, dozens of workers gathered in front of Shenyang Forest Zoo, waiting for the news of pay. They heard that relevant leaders would come to solve the problem of unpaid wages that day.
According to reports, the zoo has more than 260 employees. After the park was closed for rectification on November 13 last year, there were 145 employees left. At present, the accumulated unpaid wages are 18 months, totaling more than 3 million yuan.
At 9: 00 am on March 10, more than 100 employees announced that they would no longer work. "Employees asked not to work without pay." Wu Xi, the 67-year-old deputy party secretary of the zoo, said.
The strikers included breeders, boiler workers, security guards and cashiers. Except for more than 20 office workers who continue to work, all other front-line employees basically stop working.
Wu Xi said that on March 5th, after Liu Dajun, the first vice president of the zoo, resigned, he took charge. In the past three days, Wu Xi claimed to communicate with employees every day, but it had no effect. At present, the whole zoo is in a state of paralysis.
Yesterday, some keepers standing at the gate of the zoo said that in the past three days, "tigers have been fed by leaders." Wu Xi said that it was he who organized the office staff to raise animals these two days.
"20 people do the work of 80 people." Wu Xi said that animal breeders are skilled workers, and it is not a long-term solution to find someone to feed them casually. If there is a safety accident, you can’t take responsibility.
The State Forestry Administration sent people to investigate.
After the employees of Shenyang Forest Zoo went on strike, the news of the death of more than 10 Siberian tigers was revealed to the media. Eleven Siberian tigers died one after another within three months because they were not well cared for, which attracted national attention.
Yesterday, an employee at the scene said that on November 13 last year, two Siberian tigers were shot and killed by random guns after attacking a male breeder. Subsequently, the original free-range Siberian tigers were kept in cages, and 12 Siberian tigers died one after another.
"With the two killed, a total of 14 Siberian tigers died." The above-mentioned employee said that in fact, tigers and other animals die every winter. According to him, since the park was built in 2000, dozens of animals such as forty or fifty tigers and more than twenty lions have died in the park.
It is understood that at the beginning of the establishment of the zoo, there were 1024 animals of 61 species, but by February 8 this year, there were only 518 animals of 49 species. Wu Xi said that there are currently 30 tigers left in the park, including 18 Siberian tigers, 1 Bengal tiger and 11 white tigers.
Yesterday, the relevant person in charge of the Wildlife Protection Department of the State Forestry Administration led a team to the zoo for investigation. Also going together is the person in charge of the Wild Protection Department of Liaoning Forestry Bureau.
On the same day, the Liaoning Provincial Forestry Department, Qipanshan Management Committee and other working groups also came here one after another to understand the situation.
Regarding the whereabouts of dead tigers, the park said that every dead tiger has been dissected and identified by professors of Liaoning Agricultural University, and it is not an infectious disease. They will keep tiger bones and tiger skins in the freezer and feed tiger meat to other animals.
Make sure there is no more tiger death.
Yesterday, the management committee of Qipanshan Development Zone announced that the management committee requested the District Public Security Bureau to take the lead, the Forestry Bureau and the Safety Supervision Bureau to participate, and formed a joint investigation team with Shenyang Wildlife Protection Management Station to seriously investigate the cause of tiger death. At the same time, urge enterprises and relevant departments to do a good job in wildlife protection to ensure that there will be no more incidents such as dead tigers. After the facts are clearly investigated, the Qipanshan Development Zone Management Committee will announce it to the public as soon as possible.
-Current situation
The government allocates 18 thousand to feed animals every day
The person in charge of the zoo said that it was harmful to the government to say that tigers were starved to death.
Yesterday, Wu Xi, deputy secretary of the Zoo Party Committee, confirmed that after the park was closed last year, the Qipanshan Management Committee of Shenyang allocated 15,000 yuan to the zoo every day, and it increased to 18,000 yuan every day from February 1. The money is earmarked for feeding animals.
Wu Xi said that all the funds were paid by the check of the management Committee, and the zoo only had three leaders’ car expenses, which could be reimbursed by the ticket.
In addition, the zoo heats and burns about 1 ton of diesel every day, which costs 8,000 yuan; It costs 2000 yuan to use electricity every day; Food used for animal feeding costs 6000 yuan every day; The remaining 2,000 yuan is used to solve the staff’s meals and commuting vehicle expenses.
Wu Xi, deputy secretary of the Party Committee in charge of the overall work of the zoo, said that according to this distribution, the zoo can basically maintain normal operation.
Wu Xi denied that the outside world only fed chickens to tigers. He said that in recent days, the tiger was fed with white striped chicken, and only the chicken rack was fed in summer. "If you feed beef, how can more than forty tigers afford it?"
However, Wu Xi firmly denied that the Northeast Tiger starved to death. He said that there were four reasons for the death of more than ten Siberian tigers in three months: first, it was difficult for tigers to adapt to cage culture after the park was closed; Second, their own investment is insufficient; Third, they have problems in management; Fourth, the tiger is sick because of freezing in winter. "This is a comprehensive reason. It can’t be said that it is starved to death. The government invests so much money every day, saying that starvation is not harmful to the government."
-Analysis
Management Committee: The zoo has enough money to spend.
Wu Xi said that the funds were removed by the boss to pay off debts, and the funds used for animals were scarce.
The zoo is a joint-stock enterprise, with the largest private share, and the state-owned Shenyang Zoo holds 15% of the shares. Yang Zhenhua, the chairman of the board, not only invests in this zoo, but also invests in nearby golf projects, and seldom comes to the zoo.
Wu Xi said that in 2006, there was a disturbance of stopping the park, and the boss didn’t want to contract again at that time. At that time, the Shenyang municipal government coordinated it many times. In April last year, the relevant leaders instructed to solve the problem of the zoo as soon as possible, but after many investigations, there is still no following. "The audit department has almost turned our books over."
According to relevant sources of Qipanshan Management Committee, after the park was closed in 2006, the local government subsidized the zoo 2 million yuan every year, and as of this year, 8 million yuan has been credited. Wu Xi said that this fund can’t be used for employees’ salaries, and it is specially used for raising animals.
It is said that the park’s annual conservative income is 12 million yuan, plus government subsidies totaling 14 million yuan, which is enough to maintain the operation of the animal park. Why are animals so short of food?
Faced with this problem, Wu Xi said that this zoo is a private enterprise, and every year the boss will use it to pay off debts and pay back wages, but less than 8 million yuan is really spent on animals.
Editor: Wang Yuxi
