{"id":2176830,"date":"2024-07-24T18:00:04","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/?p=2176830"},"modified":"2024-07-19T10:39:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-19T09:39:14","slug":"outrage-over-viral-video-of-safari-visitor-throwing-a-plastic-bag-into-hippos-mouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/outrage-over-viral-video-of-safari-visitor-throwing-a-plastic-bag-into-hippos-mouth\/","title":{"rendered":"Outrage Over Viral Video of Safari Visitor Throwing a Plastic Bag into Hippo\u2019s Mouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A recent viral video from West Java, Indonesia, has ignited global outrage and highlighted growing concerns over human interactions with wildlife.<\/p>\n<p>The footage captures a safari visitor recklessly tossing a plastic bag into a hippo\u2019s mouth, leading to widespread condemnation online.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"'Idiot tourist' throws plastic bag into hippo's mouth\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kG61e4CPzhU\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: @dailymail\/YouTube<\/p>\n<p>The incident occurred at Safari Park, where a hippo was seen near the edge of its enclosure, mouth agape.<\/p>\n<p>While one passenger attempted to feed the animal a carrot from a car, another passenger threw a plastic bag into the hippo\u2019s mouth, prompting the animal to chew on it.<\/p>\n<p>This act has led to calls for strict action against the offender, as social media users demand accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Safari Park management has initiated efforts to identify and apprehend the culprit, having tracked the vehicle\u2019s license plate. Park spokesman Alexander Zulkarnain emphasized the importance of adhering to the park\u2019s standard operating procedures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe urge him to make a public apology to teach a lesson to other visitors about complying with the standard operating procedures at the Indonesian Safari Park,\u201d Zulkarnain told the Jakarta Globe. He noted that the visitor had previously been reprimanded for unsafe behavior in the tiger area.<\/p>\n<p>Zulkarnain stressed the legal protections in place for all wildlife at the sanctuary, indicating potential legal consequences for mistreating the animals. Fortunately, the hippo has been examined and found to be in good health despite the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Since its release, the video has gotten significant attention, amassing two million views and 14,000 likes on X (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n<p><i>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.onegreenplanet.org\/animals\/outrage-over-viral-video-of-safari-visitor-throwing-a-plastic-bag-into-hippos-mouth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow external noreferrer\" data-wpel-link=\"external\">article <\/a>by Trinity Sparke\u00a0 was first published by One Green Planet on 15 July 2024. 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The footage captures a safari visitor recklessly tossing a plastic bag into a hippo\u2019s mouth, leading to widespread condemnation online. \ufeff Source: @dailymail\/YouTube The incident occurred at Safari Park, where a hippo was seen [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1178,"featured_media":2202668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.onegreenplanet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/shutterstock-1752063317-e1720725715701.jpg?w=750&ssl=1","fifu_image_alt":"Outrage Over Viral Video of Safari Visitor Throwing a Plastic Bag into Hippo\u2019s Mouth","footnotes":""},"categories":[6985,5],"tags":[3492,11813],"class_list":["post-2176830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-wildlife","tag-hippo","tag-hippos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176830","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2176830"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2176830\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2202668"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2176830"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2176830"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2176830"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}