Tiger on Tiger Violence in China
People email me to ask why I always seem to be picking on China. That their culture is thousands of years old and therefore isn’t it at least equivalent to our own if not far superior? No way Chester! Those Chinese are commie bastards and are evil. Is evil too strong of a word? You tell me.
The liger disapproves of Chinese zookeepers.
From Reuters here:
Tigers in a north China zoo that was too poor to properly feed them turned on each other, killing and eating one, zoo authorities said on Monday.
“There is no money. Of course (the incident) was caused by a lack of food,” a woman in the director’s office at the Shenyang Bingchuan Wildlife Park told Reuters.
“We only receive 1,000 yuan (65 pounds) per month in government subsidies and the park is only able to generate another 1,000 yuan each month from the sale of tickets, which is the main source of income,” the official said.
In the incident, which happened on Sunday, four tigers got into a fight, killing one and devouring its innards.
Do you think this is the only Chinese zoo that mistreats their animals? No, of course its not. Check out how they feed the tigers in a zoo farther to the north- They toss in live cows and goats!
Did you have to?
You know I can’t take the animal violence.
Now I’m sobbing.
(Ok, not really, but I wanna.)
The not feeding them part is just down right cruel, feeding them live goats…..I would pay to see that.
Live animals, sure, that would be cool to see. But not in a 15×15 cage. Big cats like to stalk and chase their food- doing it this way is too embarrassing to the cats.