Chinese safari park faces criticism after keeping leopard escape a secret

Workers take search for a runaway leopard in Hangzhou in eastern China's Zhejiang province Sunday. The leopards were spotted roaming through residential areas and tea plantations over the weekend.They say a leopard can't change its spots. Unfortunately for a safari park in eastern China they can, however, escape.failed to inform authorities and residents for weeks that three of its leopards had gotten out of their enclosure.

One of the leopards was still on the loose, Hangzhou Safari Park in the city of Fuyang said. According to local media, a search team is on the leopard's trail after paw prints believed to be left by the feline were found on Sunday. The vice mayor of Hangzhou City said the police found that the leopards had escaped on April 19, several weeks before the first reported sighting. The safari park also admitted to the police that they did not report the incident over worries it would impact the flow of tourists coming into the zoo during China’s May Day public holidays in the first week of March.

Residents of nearby neighborhoods said they had spotted the leopards in different locations as early as May 2, according to Chinese state-backed newspaperAfter the leopards were spotted roaming residential areas and tea plantations near the park on Saturday, residents contacted authorities to report the sightings, according to aSearch teams, using drones and hunting dogs, were dispatched to look for the animals.

On Saturday morning, the safari park merely announced that they would be suspending operations citing safety issues, in a now-deleted post on their official WeChat platform. They made no mention of the escaped leopards.

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ooh poor leopards...they stand no chance; imagine the whole village hunting em for dinner stew...

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