Bad News at Christmas

The Siberian Tiger is a very rare species. So when two cubs are found frozen to death in a freezer at a zoo in China.

The zoo which is in the south-west has been deeply saddened by the discovery, especially as there are only 400 of the creatures left in the wild.

Tiger body parts are treasured as medicines in China and on Thursday an adult female of the same species received the same fate.

Buying and selling tigers was banned in China in 1993, so these deaths could be a sign that the trade in body parts of these rare animals may be on the rise.

This is really sad news. Especially as it's Christmas. I hope the trade stops and that there are no more incidents like these two.

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