Many wild animals from Africa, including elephants, giraffes and zebras, at the Beijing Zoo have all acclimatized themselves to the cool conditions in China and are living relaxing lives.
Some of them were presented to China by African countries as gifts in the 1970s. More recent additions include the gelada baboon from Sudan and spotted hyena from Egypt.
"Most of the animals are so accustomed to life at the zoo that they have bred here for four generations, like the giraffe, which first came to Beijing in 1975," a senior zookeeper surnamed Pan said.
(Xinhua News Agency January 2, 2008)
