Warsaw zoo. “There was a very, very dangerous situation.” Someone threw all the fruit on the rhino and elephants

Someone tossed all apples to the raid of the Indian rhino and the elephant from the Zoo in Warsaw. Earlier, witnesses saw a woman in a colorful sweatshirt. She had a whole fruit commercial with her. The zoo reminds that feeding animals can be very dangerous to them.

The Municipal Zoological Garden in Warsaw informed on Saturday in social media.

“Today in the morning there was a very, very dangerous situation – on the catwalk of our female Indian rhinoceros Shikari and the rash of the elephants of Buby, Fryderyka and Leon, were thrown all apples” – we read in the entry.

As it turned out, earlier, in the area of ​​the catwalks, witnesses saw a woman in a colorful sweatshirt. She had all apple commercial with her.

“We hope that monitoring will help us determine more details,” the employees added.

Why can't you feed animals?

They also reminded that animals have a strictly defined diet, developed by the animal nutrition department and carers. The female rhinoceros Shikari can not eat fruit or vegetables.

“Any food from visitors can lead to serious consequences for our animals, and remember that many of them are threatened with extinction species,” they wrote.

The garden mentioned the dangers that are associated with animal feeding: the risk of choke (the rhino has a narrow esophagus and a large fruit can be a deadly threat), the possibility of infection with a pimples (a disease that can have dramatic effects for the entire kennel), diet disorder (each portion of food is calculated, and additional snacks are a threat to health and treatment) and disturbing the work of care, who ” Remove food from catwalks and worry about the safety of your pupils. “

“Remember – feeding animals in the zoo is not only prohibited, but above all dangerous for the inhabitants of the garden. Please – do not leave fruit or vegetable gifts'

They also appealed to report similar situations to employees or zoo protection.