Chinese zoo erects statue to honour donkey tossed into tigers’ den
Monument tells the sad story of beast ‘sacrificed’ in a dispute between the park’s staff and shareholders
A zoo in eastern China has erected a monument to the donkey that was pushed into a tiger enclosure and eaten alive.
A statue of the beast, titled “A Donkey’s Monument”, stands on a plinth in a corner of Yancheng Zoo in Changzhou, Jiangsu province. The inscription below, written in both English and Chinese, tells the sad tale of how the animal lost its life. There’s even a QR code for those who want to find out more.
A video of the donkey’s final minutes horrified people around the world when it was uploaded to the internet in June.
It shows a group of men pushing the terrified animal into the moat around the tiger enclosure and its futile attempts to escape the claws and teeth of two big cats.
