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Chinese Businessman Sentenced to 13 Years in Jail for Eating Three Tigers
[LAHT] A Chinese businessman was sentenced to 13 years in prison for eating three tigers, one of the most endangered species on earth, reported the official news agency Xinhua.The ruling was made Monday by the Qinzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Guangxi. The condemned, a real estate magnate, known only as Xu, bought the three tigers that were killed in the months of March, April and May in 2013, at a price of around $70,900 each. The first tiger was killed by electric shocks on March 13 last year after which he prepared a banquet in a hotel where he also invited his friends. China has hardly a few dozen tigers in the country and the investigators believe that the ones killed on Xu’s orders had been imported illegally from another country. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that different parts of the tiger, from their blood, to their eyes or even their penis, have extraordinary healing powers. In spite of the Chinese environmental authorities banning trade of tigers and other endangered species, a crime that can be punishable with death, there still are cases of illegal trading of meat or other animal parts. Posted by: Fred 2015-01-01 |
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