China’s wolf woman feeds animals from her own mouth
- Widely shared video causes online stir
- Letting them take meat from between her teeth builds an emotional link with pack of eight
A young woman who feeds morsels of meat to wolves from between her teeth has become China’s latest online celebrity.
Zhou Xinyue, 20, cares for eight wolves at an eco-tourism destination in Inner Mongolia’s Chifeng city.
The animals will eventually be available for film and television appearances, as well as tourist photographs, but for now the project is still under development, according to Beijing Youth Daily.
Zhou’s daily routine includes chopping up all kinds of meat, from chicken to lamb and lamb giblets, which she then feeds to the wolves in a designated hill area.
“It takes about an hour to feed them each time,” Zhou said.
“Sometimes they can be naughty, so I have to hit them while feeding. They don’t attack me, but sometimes their sharp claws can scratch me. It is totally unintentional,” she told the Daily.