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Outrage After Video Appears To Show Pandas Being Abused

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A video of pandas being allegedly abused at a well-known Chinese panda research center is going viral.

Clare Palo

Updated Aug. 01, 2017 12:29PM ET / Published Aug. 01, 2017 12:08PM ET 

The Telegraph

A surveillance video released online of two giant panda cubs being allegedly abused at the Chengdu Research Base in China is horrifying the internet.

The two-minute video shows the cubs being tossed around by a handler, thrown against an enclosure door and grabbed aggressively by the scruff of their neck.

The facility has addressed the controversy claiming that the abuse was merely a panda keeper, Guo Jingpeng, attempting to feed the panda cubs when they became violent and started biting him.

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China is a popular tourist destination, that has partnerships with a number of giant panda conservation facilities, including the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. and Zoo Atlanta.

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