China: Zoo glues basket to tortoise's back for tourists to throw money

A photo was shared on some social media platform which showed a photo of a tortoise at a Chinese zoo with a basket glued to its shell for tourists to put money into it. photos that went viral shows visitors at Nanning zoo in Guangxi, putting coins at African spurred tortoise, which has a basket placed on its back and a Chinese flag attached to it. ims of tortoise were shared on Chinese social media website.

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post blamed zoo for animal cruelty

post blamed zoo for animal cruelty and attempting to make money out of tourists and furrmore asked National Forestry Bureau and state media to examine issue. post ditionally said that tortoise was being kept in a terrible situation. A zoo official stated to a media ncy that he was t aware of zoo using this method to exhibit precious animals. According to reports, zoo is w investigating whole matter. Despite fact that throwing coins is viewed as good karma in China, yet that ought to never be situation at cost of a creature's safety.

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African spurred tortoise

African spurred tortoise also kwn as sulcata tortoise is mostly found in sourn edge of Sahara desert in Africa. It is third-largest species of tortoise in world. y are especially found in countries of  Burkina Faso, Ch, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Mali, Somalia, Mauritania, Nigeria, Senegal, and Sudan. In se arid regions, tortoise excavates burrows in ground to get to areas with higher moisture levels and spends hottest part of day in se burrows. y are third-largest species of tortoise in world and largest of mainland tortoises. ults can reach 83 cm and can weigh 105 kg. y are herbivores in nature and ir diet consists of grasses and plants which is high in fibre and low in protein.

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(with ncy inputs)