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Bear and Tiger Zoo - Guilin

Discussion in 'China' started by vogelcommando, 11 May 2018.

  1. vogelcommando

    vogelcommando Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    vogelcommando, 11 May 2018
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  2. Chlidonias

    Chlidonias Moderator Staff Member 15+ year member

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    I read that "1300 tigers" and thought that had to be a Daily Mail mistake (or whatever word you want to use there).

    But I had a quick google and indeed the zoo has over a thousand tigers. Apparently it is basically a front for a tiger wine business, as in this long article from 2013: Why 1,800 tigers are in a rundown China park: to be made into wine
     
    Chlidonias, 11 May 2018
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    aardvark250 Well-Known Member 5+ year member

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    Even using Baidu, most of the site stated that they have 1100 tigers of Bengal,amur, south china(!) and white bengal supspecies.
     
    aardvark250, 14 May 2018
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