‘A bit weird’: Chinese wildlife staff go viral for wearing panda suits smeared with bear faeces and urine to reduce human impact

Workers at a wildlife sanctuary in China wearing panda costumes smeared with the bear’s faeces and urine have trended on mainland social media, under the hashtag “Aren’t pandas afraid?”

Keepers at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China’s Sichuan province in the waste-smeared suits caring for pandas were brought to the public’s attention after an influencer posted pictures online earlier this month.