http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/media/1567950/Tourists_shoot_arrows_at_live_roosters.html
First it was throwing snow balls at lions, next crocodiles were stoned and now roosters have become shooting targets.It seems tourists in China have been making the news for treating animals unkindly.
At a recent ice festival on Jan 14 in Jilin province of China, it was reported that live roosters were used as targets in a traditional archery event. Apparently, it is customary to shoot live chickens as they symbolise the prey in Chinese-Korean folklore.
In another incident, China Daily also reported that hibernating crocodiles were allegedly stoned by visitors at a zoo in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, because the sightseers wanted to check they were alive.
Visitors hurled bottles, rubbish and even stones at the sleeping reptiles, turning a blind eye to signs erected around the crocodile pool urging people not to disturb the animals, an official from the zoo said.
Zookeepers urged visitors to behave themselves. "It is hard to keep an eye on every visitor all the time," the official said.
According to the official, the zoo used to have five to six crocodiles, but now they only have two.
Earlier in January, AsiaOne also reported a group of Chinese visitors hurling snowballs at lions in a zoo enclosure. Their actions were caught on camera and photos that surfaced circulated online.
Chinese netizens expressed horror and shame at such behaviour. Some were ashamed of their own countrymen.
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