Slow deaths for tigers at China zoo
Â
The greed for a special aphrodisiac in China called Tiger Wine has led to the deaths of many captive tigers through starvation.
Â
Tiger wine is said to boost the sex life of Chinese men, and is sold at $500 a bottle. The bones are considered to be the special ingredient of this aphrodisiac. They are steeped in rice wine and fermented over a period of 8 years; this leads to a sticky sweet brown mixture.
Â
However, these tiger farms are now starting to resemble an execution centre, albeit, slowly and painfully, which have received a backlash from animal rights groups. Investigations revealed that these starving tigers are fed scraps of food, and live in poor enclosures with waist-high weeds in them. Â In the Xiongsen Bear and Tiger Mountain park, there are more than 1,800 tigers, and a further 1,000 live in the Siberian Tiger Park in northern China. At Xiongsen, there is a circus performance held each day, where tigers do tricks.
Â
A Change.org petition to stop tiger farming has reached 202,864 signatures.