In China, something is happening to one of the most beautiful and majestic of all wild animals:
tigers are being viciously slaughtered.
Not only that, but we are the ones doing the slaughtering.
Rich Chinese citizens are responsible for the deaths of at least 10 beautiful tigers.
They are doing it for fun… and it needs to be stopped.
At least 10 tigers were cruelly slaughtered recently in a ritualistic mass killing.
It was meant as a display of wealth and status. 15 suspects were arrested in the operation
and the 16th suspect jumped to his death.
It’s suggested that local public figures and businessmen participated in
the violent tiger killings in order to flaunt their status.
Two years ago, video footage of the “ritual” surfaced,
showing tigers being kept in iron cages and electrocuted until they passed out.
Source: BuzzFeed
China has always had a market for tiger parts. Their bones can be sold for an average
of 14,000 yuan (nearly $2,254) per kilo while the meat is valued at over 1,000 yuan
(nearly $161) a kilo.
There were over 100,000 tigers in the wild at the turn of the 20th century.
Today, fewer than 3,200 remain today. The world has seen a 97% decline of the tiger population,
with extinctions of 3 sub-species.
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