Dead Siberian tiger was illegally raised: official   

死老虎被棄馬路追蹤：林業部門確認非法養殖老虎

平度公安部門透露，事發之后民警找到了死亡小老虎的“飼養人”楊先生，并對其作了詢問筆錄。據稱該老虎系東北虎，僅7個月大，關在谷物大廈樓頂的鐵籠子內。除夕夜，小老虎可能是受到鞭炮聲驚嚇，從鐵籠子上方的空隙鉆了出來，最終從樓頂摔下致死。目前相關材料已經全部移交給平度市林業局。 [查看全文]

(ECNS) – A tiger found dead in a parking lot on February 19 had been raised illegally by a man on behalf of a scenic spot, the Peninsula City News reported Thursday.

The man surnamed Yang had kept two Siberian tiger cubs in a building in Pingdu, East China's Shandong province.

He signed a contract with the scenic spot in July 2014 to raise the tigers, without government approval. Siberian tigers are under first-grade state protection in China.

Firecrackers set off during Lunar New Year celebrations are thought to have scared a 7-month-old tiger into falling off the building.

The other tiger will be confiscated and raised by state-sanctioned institutes, according to the newspaper. Yang faces administrative punishment, the local forestry department said.