Zoo under fire over troubling video of animal smoking cigarette in enclosure: 'Completely irresponsible'

Zoo under fire over troubling video of animal smoking cigarette in enclosure: 'Completely irresponsible'

If you're at the zoo, just assume that "doing it for the 'gram" is always a bad idea. A zoo in China is investigating a viral video that shows a chimpanzee puffing a lit cigarette. As detailed by The Straits Times, Nanning Zoo ensured that it would investigate whether the cigarette butt was purposefully thrown into its chimpanzee enclosure by a visitor. In general, disrespecting guidelines regarding behaviour around wild animals is a bad idea. N…