Peacocks die in China zoo after visitors grabbed them for selfies
 

Peacocks die in China zoo after visitors grabbed them for selfies
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Two peacocks died at a zoo in southwest China after visitors who were trying to take photos picked up the birds and roughly handled them.

According to reports, visitors to the Yunnan Wild Animal Park grabbed the birds for selfies, and violently*plucked out their feathers.

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Images of the visitors holding the birds emerged on Weibo, after a**ther visitor posted them online.

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A**ther image posted of the visitors.

Image: weibo


The incident happened on Feb. 12, the zoo confirmed on Sunday. A spokesperson for the Zoo, Mr. Bai, told the Huaxi Metropolis Daily that something like this has never happened at the zoo before, but workers had expressly told visitors **t to touch the peacocks Read more...


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