Chinese demand for tiger wine and skins puts wild cats in peril

Conservationists concerned as tiger farming industry removes stigma of buying status symbols and boosts illegal trade To the thump of dance music, four tigers roll over in succession, and then raise themselves up on to their haunches. A man in a shiny blue shirt waves a metal stick at them, and they lift their front paws to beg. The "show" takes place twice a day in a gloomy 1,000-seat auditorium - empty on a recent afternoon except for one Chinese tourist, two reporters and a security guard, it...