The Badaling Wildlife Park, where a tiger attacked visitors who had left their vehicle a few days ago, has resumed self-drive tours in some areas of its beast zone and has installed electric fences. However, the Northeast Tiger Park remains closed to the public, and park authorities are further studying renovation measures.
After the tiger mauling incident at Badaling Wildlife Park, the park reopened on August 25 following a one-month closure. At that time, the beast zone was still under renovation, and self-driving visitors had to switch to park shuttle vehicles to enter the beast area.
Beijing Times reported today that the beast zone was renovated two weeks ago and self-drive tours were reopened a week ago.
The report quoted a zoo official surnamed Cao as saying that to ensure visitor safety, the park has installed electric fences in beast zones such as the White Tiger Park and Bengal Tiger Park to separate the animals from visitors. In addition to broadcasting safety reminders, staff have also erected new safety signs within visible areas of the park.
However, the Northeast Tiger Park remains closed to the public, the tiger involved in the attack has been kept in captivity, and park authorities are further studying renovation measures. 1050916
(CNA)