Dead Siberian tiger was illegally raised: official   

死老虎被弃马路追踪：林业部门确认非法养殖老虎

平度公安部门透露，事发之后民警找到了死亡小老虎的“饲养人”杨先生，并对其作了询问笔录。据称该老虎系东北虎，仅7个月大，关在谷物大厦楼顶的铁笼子内。除夕夜，小老虎可能是受到鞭炮声惊吓，从铁笼子上方的空隙钻了出来，最终从楼顶摔下致死。目前相关材料已经全部移交给平度市林业局。 [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.