Animals rights groups have condemned the 'disgusting' stunt which has caused outrage on social media, highlighting the need for animal welfare laws to be introduced in China.
A Chinese theme park has sparked outrage after a pig attached to a bungee cord was shown being plunged from the top of a tower standing 223-feet high at the park.
The pig appeared to be still and unconscious just after being placed on the ground and freed from the cord, China'sPETA Asia's vice president of international campaigns, Jason Baker, said:"This is cruelty to animals at its worst. A bungee jump is a scary experience even for consenting humans—just imagine the outright terror of being forcibly strung up by your legs and thrown from a high platform. That's the treatment that this pig received, all for a cheap laugh.
"It's our opening day today. We let the pig make the first jump because pork prices have been very high this year and recently they dropped a bit," the owner reportedly told a local Chinese news outlet, according to theIt has yet to be confirmed what became of the pig after it was dragged away from the bungee jump stunt.
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