It's too much to let animals play in the live broadcast. "For the monthly special offer, let's seize the time to shoot and count down for 10 seconds..." late on May 25, the blogger with the online name of "xiaoxinxin" sat in the live room, recommended a green plum fruit product and said that the green plum fruit had the effect of reducing weight.
Different from other anchor with goods, this anchor also has two monkeys crawling on him. One of them was wearing diapers, and the other, a little bigger, was wearing a flowery skirt. On the table in front of the anchor, in addition to the products she sells, there is a sign printed with "work permit of Sima fantasy animal theme park".
A netizen who just entered the live broadcast room asked, "why can I bring monkeys to live broadcast?" The anchor replied, "because I am their keeper."
On May 27, the wildlife protection department of the city where the zoo is located responded to the Jimu reporter that the zoo was not allowed to use monkeys to carry goods live. After investigation and verification, the zoo would stop this behavior.
The behavior of these breeders to bring monkeys live and shoot relevant short videos has also aroused the concern of many netizens, who believe that these behaviors will harm monkeys, and some videos are even suspected of abusing monkeys.
In November last year, some netizens reported that Hengshui wildlife park had forced a young monkey to smoke, and shot a short video and posted it to the Internet. This behavior was suspected of abusing animals, or attracting attention and promoting the park by hyping.
The video shows a monkey sitting on a small bench with a lit cigarette in his mouth. The little monkey kept blinking because of the stimulation of smoke. After someone took away the cigarette, the little monkey rubbed his eyes, then lay on the ground and was covered with white cloth, indicating "death". The words "smoking is harmful to health" also appeared in the video
In addition, the keeper of Hengshui wildlife park once held a monkey and painted it lipstick. Some netizens also questioned that this was animal abuse. At present, the zoo and the keepers' accounts have deleted the video, but others are forwarding it. On May 1 last year, the female keeper of Qinhu zoo in Taizhou, Jiangsu, painted eye makeup for monkeys and promoted beauty products during the live broadcast.
Huhuijian, a researcher and doctoral tutor of the Institute of zoology, Guangdong Academy of Sciences, introduced that primates such as monkeys are protected at or above the national level, and artificial monkeys need to go through legal procedures such as the wild animal domestication and breeding license. If an individual or unit does not have the relevant certificate to legally own monkeys, it is an illegal act.
From the perspective of wildlife protection, using monkeys to live broadcast and bring goods must have an impact on wildlife. This is because both zoos and individuals raising monkeys should take into account the "abundant capacity", that is, the environmental and psychological needs of wild animals.
