More than 8,000 primary and middle school students recently visited Shenzhen
Safari Park to take part in an event promoting the awareness of wildlife
protection, Monday's Daily Sunshine reported.
The students, some from Shenzhen and the rest from other cities in Guangdong
Province, were offered the chance to play with small animals and watch
performances by animals. In the science hall, the students' curiosity was
aroused by the more than 1,000 specimens of about 200 animal species. Experts
there answered many questions raised by the students.
Since 1990, Guangdong forestry authorities have designated November as the
month for publicizing wildlife protection.
Through the event, the students can learn about the living habits of animals
and the survival crisis they are facing in a more graphic way, said a teacher
with Shenzhen Yuying School.
Official statistics show that Shenzhen is home to 485 kinds of terrestrial
wildlife, of which 37 kinds are animals, 387 kinds are birds and 43 kinds are
reptiles. The city also plays host to 47 kinds of rare animals including
black-faced spoonbills, pythons, pangolins and rhesus monkeys.