Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Tiger bone wine - illegal but still for sale

The BBC reports that tiger bone wine - made with endangered tiger carcasses - is still being sold illegally at animal parks in China.

The wine, sold in tiger-shaped vessels like the one pictured above, is made by soaking dead tiger bodies in rice wine. Benefits to the drinker's health are the reasons for drinking the brew.

The British Environmental Investigation Agency said advertisements for the illegal drink were shown blatantly in the parks and visitors were openly solicited to buy it.

Read the full story: Chinese parks sell 'tiger wine'

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