In the video, in order to prevent the panda from running out of a door, three panda keepers repeatedly threw the panda into the animal house from outside or behind the door and pushed and pulled the panda. The relevant person in charge of Panda Base said that the video uploaded by the Weibo user was a post-editing version. After processing, the original 50-minute live video was edited into a version of less than 2 minutes, which concentrated on the action of "pushing the panda" and aroused the doubts of the majority of netizens.
The Panda Base responded that after verification, three keepers on duty fed and cleaned the four cubs raised in the museum that day. Gee, Mei Lan finished eating quickly and played with one of the keepers (mainly to prevent the panda cubs from affecting the cleaning work of other keepers). In the process of playing, the two cubs excitedly scratched the keeper's arm.
After the sanitary cleaning, because the disease control department of the base arranged physical examinations for Yuan Yue and Meilan on July 13, it was necessary to isolate Yuan Yue and Meilan from the other two giant panda cubs and keep them in the museum respectively. When the transfer was successful, Yuan Yue and Meilan tried their best to find out the door of the hall, but the breeder tried hard not to let them leave, so they dragged the panda cubs back to the hall from the door or outside. In the process, the excited panda cubs unconsciously scratched the breeder, resulting in three breeders being injured to varying degrees. In order to prevent two panda cubs from hurting people again, the breeder escaped from the hall door and dragged the panda cubs too big, too hard and too fast. In order to prevent the panda from being infected with rabies after being scratched and bitten, the breeder Guo immediately rushed to the Fourth People's Hospital of Sichuan Province for first aid on the evening of July 12, and injected three doses of rabies vaccine successively.
It is reported that after the incident, the Panda Base immediately asked the three breeders about the situation at that time. By asking questions and comparing videos, Panda Base thinks that the breeder didn't mean anything when dealing with this matter, but the action range was too big, too fierce and too fast, which led netizens to see the breeder's actions in the video and thought it was too "violent" and "psychologically unacceptable". Netizens only saw the situation that the breeder dragged the panda cub hard, but they didn't know the terrible pain in the hands and feet of the breeder during this process.
The relevant person in charge of the panda base said that after the incident, the base also seriously criticized and educated the breeders, and asked all breeders to deal with the panda cubs when they tried to escape and scratch.
I hope everyone will be cautious when publishing news. I also hope to be more gentle when treating giant panda cubs.