A restaurant in the province of Sani, northern China offers its customers a four -course meal with the ability to caress lions, which has caused the interest of citizens, but has also triggered a dialogue on the internet with some expressing concerns about animal welfare.

In photos and videos posted on the Chinese Wechat and Weibo Chinese platforms, customers appear to hold lions in their arms as if they are young children.

The Wanhui Restaurant in Tayiuan, on its page on the corresponding Chinese Tiktok, Douyin, hosts photos with blade, turtles and deer, in addition to lions.

Wanhui, which opened in June, sells about daily 20 tickets to customers wishing to hold on to their hugs the animals while enjoying the menu which costs 129 eurosas the Shanghai Daily states on its official WeChat page.

“The service provided has caused serious concerns about the legality and animal welfare”, This English -language newspaper mentioned.

Internet comments were mostly criticizing that it is a dangerous Task that does not do good to animals.

‘It’s a toy for the rich’commented on a Weibo user. “Ordinary citizens do not have the financial capacity or a drink”he wrote himself.

Another user appealed to authorities commenting that “The competent services should be assigned to the matter.”

The incident is noted after the investigation last month, by the authorities to a hotel who offered a ‘Awakening Service » from red alwaysthey broadcast the state media.

This hotel in the southwestern Chonging District allowed animals to go up in beds to wake up tenants.