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Lions Attacked With Snowballs at Chinese Zoo
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1 of 8Vistors at the Hangzhou Zoo in China last week must have been overcome with “cruel intentions” when they decided to pelt the zoo’s African lions viciously with snowballs, according to the Daily Mail.
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2 of 8The incident started with one person, laughing as he began throwing snowballs at the clearly frightened and angry lions, who tried to take cover.
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3 of 8Mob mentality quickly took over, as more zoo-goers — including children — joined in on the “fun.”
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4 of 8A few of the people clearly were using full force to launch large chunks of snow and ice at the lions.
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5 of 8The distressed lions desperately tried to dodge the snowballs and take cover, eyeing their cowardly tormentors.
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6 of 8The male lion roared in anger as the attackers eventually drew away from the lion enclosure. But the cruelty of the afternoon wasn’t over.
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7 of 8After the incident with the lions, the people simply made their way throughout the zoo to continue throwing snowballs at other animals, including alpacas, giraffes, monkeys, a tiger and more.
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8 of 8Next: Crocodile Crashes Lion’s Dinner Party
A zookeeper, Zhu Yan, said staff members were preoccupied with clearing snow and ice at the time, and were angered upon learning of the incident, according to CNC World News.
The zoo’s Vice Director, Wang Hongbo, said, “We feel hurt by what these people did. But we can’t punish them, after all we are not law-enforcers.”
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2013-01-11 10:49:58
Source: http://www.pawnation.com/2013/01/11/lions-attacked-with-snowballs-at-chinese-zoo/
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