Headline: Man jailed for eating rare tiger
Date: December 22, 2009
Source: BBC News
A Chinese man has been jailed for 12 years for killing and eating a rare Indochinese tiger.
Kang Wannian, a villager from the southern province of Yunnan, said he had encountered the tiger while out fishing, and killed it in self-defence.
The animal may have been China's only wild Indochinese tiger, which is on the brink of extinction.
Four other men were jailed for sharing the tiger meal and covering up the incident.
Endangered species
Kang was confronted by the tiger in February while gathering freshwater clams in a nature reserve near China's border with Laos.
He said he shot the animal after dark and claimed that, at the time, he did not know it was an endangered Indochinese tiger.
According to local media, Kang was sentenced to 10 years for killing a rare animal plus two years for illegal possession of firearms.
The court in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan province, also ordered him to pay a fine of 480,000 yuan ($70,000; £44,000).
Fewer than 1,800 Indochinese tigers are thought to be living in the wild, in the forests of Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Burma.
The only known wild Indochinese tiger in China was photographed in 2007 at the same reserve that Kang visited.
The tiger has not been seen since Kang's meal, and there is speculation that Kang could have eaten the last one.
man eats the last indo chinese tiger in china!!
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shooter
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man eats the last indo chinese tiger in china!!
You want more gun control? Use both hands!
God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. by Jose Gasset.
God made man and God made woman, but Samuel Colt made them equal.
One does not hunt in order to kill; on the contrary, one kills in order to have hunted. by Jose Gasset.
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Re: man eats the last indo chinese tiger in china!!
It ain’t over ’til it’s over! "Rocky,Rocky,Rocky....."
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m24
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Re: man eats the last indo chinese tiger in china!!
Well, there goes another species. 
God knows when will man's hunger satisfy??
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God knows when will man's hunger satisfy??
Regards
Jeff Cooper advocated four basic rules of gun safety:
1) All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.
2) Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
3) Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target.
4) Identify your target, and what is behind it.
1) All guns are always loaded. Even if they are not, treat them as if they are.
2) Never let the muzzle cover anything you are not willing to destroy.
3) Keep your finger off the trigger till your sights are on the target.
4) Identify your target, and what is behind it.
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Re: man eats the last indo chinese tiger in china!!
How about cloning a few? Would that help?