Across China: Guangdong

Shenzhen zoo fires vendor

The Safari Park in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, has brought the shutters down on one of the vendor stalls at the zoo for allegedly making profits by charging visitors for a photograph with an old panda.

The move followed an online post by a netizen called 'Qiuyueguis' that accused the zoo of feeding its only panda an apple only after it poses for a photograph.