11 Siberian tigers starve to death in zoo

i hate having to post stuff like this :tears:


http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35831930...nce/?gT1-43001

Such a rare and beautiful animal, its a shame they didn't rehome the tigers or find someone to help them out...

oh wow...i'm at a loss of words...i'd put the owners and managers of that Zoo in small cages and feed them chicken bones for a couple of months to see how they like it...that'll teach people to abuse animals...

seriously...i didn't know about this...i get so angry when i have to read about stuff like this...:rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage:: rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage::rage:

Thats sick...what about the rest of the animals at the zoo? Isnt there some sort of laws governing endangered species that would prevent something like this from happening? Im sure some kind of wildlife reserve would have took them.

:tears: I should not say this but I think this is all about greed.

God thats awful , 11 tigers ......

Sad very sad :(

That is just sick. I can't believe none of the employees went to the press or police before they all died. They were obviously sick and starving. 11 animals don't just up and die :(

I don't know if this is what is going on with this zoo, but I have read about tiger 'zoos' (read: farms) in China that raise tigers for their bones for tiger wine. They aren't allowed to kill them due to the laws (but they are allow to die from 'natural' causes..) so they essientially starve them to death. :/

china is a different country and has a different way of thinking and life. ive been all over the world and seen things that floored me but locals didnt even notice it. privately owned, lack of funds, employees not being paid for 18 months!!! the world is a crazy place, that is why america has troops everywhere

That's what I suspected as well Coldblooded. If the tigers happen to die, the zoo can then sell the parts. If they want to kill the tigers for parts, they should just do it, and not starve them to death. Long painful death just to avoid getting into trouble and profit from the tigers they've bred.

Since the employees haven't been paid though, maybe it was just they didn't have money, but letting them starve just isn't a real acceptable thing, no matter what. However.. where in china would be able to take in a dozen tigers and feed them? There's not a lot of places like sanctuarys or zoos as far as I know. Taking them out of country would be a long process of paperwork and negociating also, so the tigers would have been dead before the paperwork would be half done. I'd hope there would be some agency that could at least donate food or money to feed the tigers. Considering how much money those stupid AR groups suck up, you'd think they could cough up some to feed endangered species in danger of starving. Of course.. they wouldn't ever do that, god forbid they putout money to HELP an animal.

Tragic senseless painful deaths for animals. Always a sad thing.