‘Cruel and distressing’ animal conditions exposed at China’s oldest zoo

Footage shows the distressing scenes inside Beijing Zoo in China (Picture: Edina Delic)

African elephants confined to ‘tiny prison cells’ without access to water. Polar bears locked indoors with nothing but a ‘dirty’ pool. Dogs stuffed into cramped cages.

These are some of the distressing scenes confronting tourists at Beijing Zoo, where concerns are mounting over the treatment and welfare of the animals.

Edina Delic, from Dublin, spoke with Metro about the conditions in China’s...