High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Shenyang zoo scandal refers to a series of incidents in which The Shenyang Forest Wild Animal Zoo, a private zoo located in Shenyang, Liaoning People's Republic of China, was accused of mistreating and starving a number of animals, many of which died of various causes between 2009 and 2010. In March of the same year, a large protest was held by employees of the zoo. The revelations of abuse at the institution shocked animal conservationists around the world.