Chinese tiger eater jailed for 13 years

Beijing, Dec 30: A man sentenced to 13 years in jail for purchasing and eating three tigers had his sentence upheld by a court in China's southern Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. The man, surnamed Xu, ordered 14 people to deliver the dismembered body of a tiger to his hotel in Nanning, capital of Guangxi, Xinhua reported citing Qinzhou City Intermediate People's Court which oversaw Xu's second trial. He then treated his friends to a meal of tiger meat. Investigations revealed that Xu witnessed the tiger's death by electric shock in Longmen township, Leizhou city, in Guangdong province March 13, 2013. Two other tigers were killed in the same way April 21 and May 20, 2013, with Xu buying the flesh, bones, internal organs and blood at the scene. On Monday, the Qinzhou City Intermediate People's Court rejected Xu's appeal and upheld the sentence of the previous trial.