Giant pandas mention that "rotating rest" animals deserve a "statutory holiday"
2023-12-25
The care for the rights and interests of life must be the most shining part of human nature. Starting from December 25th, giant pandas can also take turns resting! According to China News Network, the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base has announced that it will temporarily implement weekly closure management for the villa area of juvenile giant pandas with a large number of visitors from December 25, 2023. And remind tourists that during the closing period, the area will be temporarily closed to visitors. Please plan your travel itinerary reasonably. It is worth noting that the announcement states that the reason for "closing on Mondays" is to further protect animal welfare and explore the implementation of a rotating animal rest system. In my impression, this is still a park with ornamental projects, including animal breeding research bases, wildlife parks, etc. It is the first time that the operation system of the park has been adjusted for the sake of "animal welfare", rather than just for the needs of park management. The concept of animal welfare originated in early 18th century England. From the late 18th century to the early 19th century, Britain launched a moral reform movement, believing that cruel treatment of animals should be prohibited, which was a violation of the principle of compassion. Today, many countries have established a complete legal system for animal protection. Taking Germany as an example, the country promulgated the Animal Protection Law and the Animal Welfare Law in 1987 and 1998, respectively, which provided detailed regulations on animal husbandry standards, animal slaughter, animal surgery, animal experimentation, and animal breeding and trading. These two laws are also considered to be the culmination of modern animal welfare laws, and have important reference value for future animal welfare legislation. In our country, the concept of animal welfare is still relatively vague among the public, and even similar terms such as "animal welfare" and "animal rights" frequently appear, often after "malignant events" such as "animal abuse" or "dog bites" occur, accompanied by torn opinions and emotional opposition. In such tearing and opposition, many times, phrases such as "how to treat animals and how to treat people", "whether humans are important or animals are important", "traditional customs and cultural differences" have become weapons of attack towards the other party. Although China has long issued the Wildlife Protection Law, the first article of the law clearly states: "In order to protect wild animals, save precious and endangered wild animals, maintain biodiversity and ecological balance, promote ecological civilization construction, and promote harmonious coexistence between humans and nature, this law is formulated." This means that non wild animals are not subject to this law. In this realistic context, even pets with close human relationships can only rely on the Civil Code when they conflict with humans. In the Civil Code, animals only exist as property rights of pet owners and have no inherent rights. Dealing with the issue of treating animals well, relevant laws are the most important criterion for social evaluation and personal evaluation. When this standard and criterion do not exist, conflicts and controversies arising from different positions and positions cannot be avoided. Apart from repeated verbal abuse, there are often no results. Unlike the controversial topic of treating animals well in the past, the announcement of the "rotating rest" at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base has been released
Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Jia jia
Source:bjnews.com
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