Thieves Butcher, Behead Rare Siberian Tiger at Central China Zoo


	Thieves Butcher, Behead Rare Siberian Tiger at Central China Zoo

merrie

12-23-2007 8:33 PM

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siberian tiger, china zoo, black market in china, skins, traditional medicines

merrie says:

It said the locks of the tiger's cage were broken and that police found four homemade anesthetic rifles near the cage.

Calls to the zoo rang unanswered on Sunday. A man at the Forestry Bureau of Yichang city confirmed the killing and said an investigation was under way. He refused to give his name.

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12-27-2007 3:53 AM

davboz

Did our San Diego tiger feel the outrage through some network we are unaware of?
Not beyond wondering.....

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