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Man Jailed for Eating Rare Tiger (The Law Requires Med/Well for Bush Meat)
Reuters ^
| 12/22/09
| Reuters
Posted on 12/22/2009 11:29:21 AM PST by Sax
BEIJING (Reuters) A man who killed and ate what may have been the last wild Indochinese tiger in China was sentenced to 12 years in jail, local media reported on Tuesday.
Kang Wannian, a villager from Mengla, Yunnan Province, met the tiger in February while gathering freshwater clams in a nature reserve near China's border with Laos. He claimed to have killed it in self-defense.
The only known wild Indochinese tiger in China, photographed in 2007 at the same reserve, has not been seen since Kang's meal, the Yunnan-based newspaper Life News reported earlier this month.
The paper quoted the provincial Forestry Bureau as saying there was no evidence the tiger was the last one in China.
A local court sentenced Kang to 10 years for killing a rare animal plus two years for illegal possession of firearms, the local web portal Yunnan.cn reported. Prosecutors said Kang did not need a gun to gather clams.
Four villagers who helped Kang dismember the tiger and ate its meat were also sentenced from three to four years for "covering up and concealing criminal gains," the report said.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: beijing; china; tiger
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Prosecutors said Kang did not need a gun to gather clams.
"Try telling that to my cousin Chailai! She was eaten by a giant clam!" Kang yelled as he was led from the courtroom.
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:29:23 AM PST
by
Sax
To: Sax
It was the ONLY one left.
He provided the inevitable.
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:31:28 AM PST
by
Cletus.D.Yokel
(FreepMail me if you want on the Bourbon ping list!)
To: Sax
Not much else to say.
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To: PBRSTREETGANG
Ah, ha! The tables are turned on you now tiger! This time, the piggies eat you! The delicious irony is nearly too much to bear!
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:41:32 AM PST
by
Sax
To: FrPR
Good advice but unfortunately a 9 iron late.
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:41:44 AM PST
by
WinMod70
To: Sax
When human life is devalued and abortion and infanticide is state policy, the Culture of Death is institutionalized...for humans, not Tigers. It is truly disgusting, the morality of the atheistic socialists.
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:42:06 AM PST
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
To: Sax
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:47:07 AM PST
by
GulfBreeze
(Palin 2012 - For The Change You Wanted!!!)
To: Sax
A man eating tiger? Big deal............
To: GulfBreeze
medium well!
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:51:03 AM PST
by
Sax
To: GulfBreeze
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:51:07 AM PST
by
wolfcreek
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lsd7DGqVSIc)
To: wolfcreek
Yes, and as the headline states, he was busted for eating rare tiger. Bushmeat shouldn't be eaten rare, that's asking for it.
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posted on
12/22/2009 11:53:37 AM PST
by
Sax
To: jacknhoo
What does this have to do with this thread?
Just more dilution of the message.
Good job.
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posted on
12/22/2009 12:07:48 PM PST
by
Eaker
(Where I'm from, "Gang Colors" is Realtree and Mossy Oak. You know what I'm saying hoss. Rule.308.)
To: Sax
Did the man say how it tasted?
Like panda?
To: Sax
mmmm... blue rare. anything else is overdone.
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posted on
12/22/2009 12:13:14 PM PST
by
absolootezer0
(2x divorced, tattooed, pierced, harley hatin, meghan mccain luvin', smoker and pit bull owner..what?)
To: Verginius Rufus
A little like dried dog. With some gamey afternotes.
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posted on
12/22/2009 12:16:54 PM PST
by
Sax
To: jacknhoo
“When human life is devalued and abortion and infanticide is state policy, the Culture of Death is institutionalized...for humans, not Tigers. It is truly disgusting, the morality of the atheistic socialists.”
Well said!
To: Sax
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posted on
12/22/2009 12:31:54 PM PST
by
BibChr
("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
To: PBRSTREETGANG
when asked how it tasted, he said “it was GRRRR-eat!”
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posted on
12/22/2009 12:52:34 PM PST
by
WOBBLY BOB
(ACORN:American Corruption for Obama Right Now)
To: Eaker
Spoke like a true atheist.
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posted on
12/23/2009 6:42:35 AM PST
by
jacknhoo
(Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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