Come here, ladies and gentlemen ... And especially the children! A baby tiger awaits you, almost in "free access", under the tent in Saint-Paul park, in the Oise department (60). Keeper Kid Bauer places his new mascot at your disposal to play with, to rock like a baby and to kiss! Your little one can even be photographed with the animal in their arms, against a 10 euro note. A “marvellous” opportunity to immortalize this “magic” moment where a one-and-a-half-month-old animal is man handled like a toy and in a state of intense stress is placed for a few seconds on the lap of your child… Before it is then passed around on to someone else's lap !
Caresses and mistreatment
The attraction is a great success ... So, think, who would not be seduced by this adorable fur ball, as harmless as a soft toy, presented by trainers as a lover of cuddles? The queue is long, toddlers are thrilled ... At their age, it is impossible to imagine that adults can tell and / or do anything ... However, the young feline does not need all of them these outstretched hands or the constant chain of caresses... On the contrary, they are terrifying to this baby tiger! Between the blinding neon lights, the deafening din, the oppressing crowd, being carried about by members of staff, the hundreds of unknown fingers foraging through its coat, this poor baby has to endure this ordeal.
Sanitary risks
Our investigators reported a video testifying to the multiple traumatic sources to which the baby is subjected. The only love that his eyes crave is that of his mother, from whom he was snatched! The unhappy mother is also probably looking for him. Besides, where is she hiding? Her baby is not even weaned yet! We have forwarded these images to Dr. Chris Draper for expertise. The biologist, specialist in the welfare of captive wild animals within the Born Free Foundation, worries as we do about the treatment of this fragile feline. In addition, he underlines the risks that constant handling represents for the baby’s health as well as that of the young audience who touch him:
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