Meal of tiger enrages viewers

Tokyo - A leading Japanese television network provoked outrage yesterday for showing its entertainers eating and enjoying tiger…

Tokyo - A leading Japanese television network provoked outrage yesterday for showing its entertainers eating and enjoying tiger meat in a cooking programme filmed in China.

A spokeswoman for the Worldwide Fund for Nature said the programme set a terrible example for viewers.

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