China Animals

Beijing Zoo Director Killed By Elephant

Beijing Times reports that the manager of Beijing’s Badaling Wildlife World was killed by one of its elephants while feeding them.

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11 years ago

March 5, 2016

Manya Koetse

The managing director of Beijing’s Badaling Wildlife World was trampled to death by one of the park’s elephants earlier this week, Chinese media report.

The managing director of Beijing’s Badaling Wildlife World (八达岭野生动物世界) got trampled and killed by an elephant in the park’s elephant house on the morning of March 3rd, Beijing Times reports.

The accident happened when the manager, Mr. Wu, stepped into the elephant house together with one of the members of…

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Manya Koetse is a sinologist, writer, and public speaker specializing in China’s social trends, digital culture, and online media ecosystems. She founded What’s on Weibo in 2013 and now runs the Eye on Digital China newsletter. Learn more at manyakoetse.com or follow her on X, Instagram, or LinkedIn.

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Anne Gellarae

March 9, 2016 at 6:05 am

Elephants should never be held in zoos, especially in China who has a terrible record of stealing wild baby elephants from Zimbabwe and other small African nations, then putting the ones who do survive the trauma of being ripped from their mothers in the wild on display, and forced to live a horribl life of confinement, poor diets, deprivation, and loneliness. Elephants should never be in zoos, especially in China.

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