Hunger game: Visitors watching from a bus as tigers try to catch a chicken at the Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin. — Reuters
HONG KONG/HARBIN: At the Siberia Tiger Park in the frigid Chinese city of Harbin, visitors can learn about the facility’s successful breeding programme and buy chicken carcasses to toss to around 20 tigers pacing the snow flecked ground of their enclosure.
China has made significant strides in wildlife protection in recent years, including a total ban on ivory and plans to open one of the world’s largest reserves for wild tigers in northeast China in 2020.
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