Chinese tourists have killed two peacocks after “violent behavior” while trying to take selfies.
Tourists picked up the birds at the Yunnan Zoo in Kunming to take photos, according to the South China Morning Post.
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Posted by CCTVNews on Sunday, February 21, 2016
But the aggressive manhandling, which resulted in their vibrant feathers being plucked out, caused the birds to go into shock.
One of the birds, a 5-year-old male, died on February 12, the zoo confirmed to the newspaper.
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A spokesperson for the Yunnan Zoo said that something like this had never happened there before, but workers had specifically told visitors not to touch the peacocks — a command which was clearly ignored.
The guests were able to lure the peacocks with food and then grabbing them by their tails, the spokesman said.
