China criticised for 'tiger wine' (BBC) {this is SICK!}

China has come under fire for allowing tigers to be bred for the production of so-called "tiger bone wine".

The drink is reportedly made by steeping tiger carcasses in rice wine. Those who drink the wine believe it makes them strong.

Chinese delegates at the International Tiger Symposium in Nepal are arguing for the lifting of a current ban on the trade in tiger bones and skins.

But other Asian nations with threatened tiger populations want the ban to stay.
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But the conservation group WWF, which is chairing the symposium, says these {tiher} farms are fronts for the production of tiger bone wine.
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6566507.stm

How long before such stupid superstitions wipe out tigers for good? Or rhinos? Or gorillas? Or ...

can`t let some animals or black people in darfur upset our friends

black rhino, white tiger or whatever.

ground children's kidneys in it, they'd still be using the stuff.

extraction.

I like to deal in the real world rather than argueing my own little made up world.

a sense of humor will ya?

He's series.

That's one horrible story though.

(from the linked article)
> A senior WWF official said the discussions were heated, with
> Chinese academics saying their country should lift its ban on
> the trade in tiger parts.

... can anyone holding these views be described as "academics"?

:wtf:

I daren't write any more here about these attitudes or some bastard will
alert on me for being "racist".

:mad:

enemies can't see them or a lucky charm that makes them bullet proof.

The only thing that solves this is educating the ignorance out of them.

But when a belief system is so firmly engrained it's hard to say if anything will actually help short of death or prison.