At the Siberia Tiger Park in the frigid Chinese city of Harbin, visitors can learn about the facility's successful breeding program — and buy chicken carcasses to toss to around 20 tigers pacing the snow-flecked ground of their enclosure.
At the park gates, a shop sells liquor soaked with tiger bones for up to $1,000 a bottle.
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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