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A Zoo where they Lock the Visitors inside Cages

posted by n1 on Thursday January 08 2015, @10:11AM   Printer-friendly
from the everyone-is-safer-this-way dept.

Hugh Pickens writes:

Chris Perez reports at the NY Post that the Lehe Ledu Wildlife Zoo in Chongqing city is giving people the hair-raising chance to learn what it’s like to come face to face with an apex predator. Visitors pay to be caged inside the back of a truck as it makes its way through the animal park. Just to make sure they get the attention of the beasts, huge chunks of raw meat are tied to the bars to lure them as close as possible. “We wanted to give our visitors the thrill of being stalked and attacked by the big cats but with, of course, none of the risks,” says Chan Liang. “The guests are warned to keep their fingers and hands inside the cage at all times because a hungry tiger wouldn’t know the difference between them and breakfast.” According to CNN the trips have been sold out for the next three months. “It’s like nothing I’ve ever experienced before in a zoo,” says Tao Jen. “We’re not looking at them, they’re looking at us — and we’re lunch.”

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 08 2015, @10:37AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 08 2015, @10:37AM (#132859)

    The lions, whose ability to roam freely with cars was one of the parks original attractions, were separated from visitors by a fence around the road in 2005, due to visitors ignoring warnings and opening their car doors.

    Lion Country Safari [wikipedia.org]

    -- gewg_

  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Thursday January 08 2015, @05:04PM

    by bob_super (1357) on Thursday January 08 2015, @05:04PM (#132937)

    Well, CA has slightly lower rates than the average of the country (1/4 instead of 1/3), but I can understand the need of the zoo to protect the the lions from the terribly unhealthy food found in the cars.

  • (Score: 1) by Belmakor on Tuesday January 20 2015, @10:08PM

    by Belmakor (2418) on Tuesday January 20 2015, @10:08PM (#136524)

    I live close to Lion Country Safari, and have been their twice.

    While a lot of the animals roam freely next to your vehicle (got trapped for 10+ minutes by a bunch of juvenile zebras blocking the road), the Lions are less exiting. First, they are kept in separate cages away from the road, so don't roam freely next to you. Second, Lions don't move period in the South Florida heat and humidity (I suppose I would have to check it out in winter time during early morning for a better experience).