Siberian tigers take down drone at Chinese zoo mocked for its ‘obese felines’
Footage of the big cats’ attack at a park in Heilongjiang province goes viral on the internet
A video of Siberian tigers at a Chinese zoo sprinting in the snow and smashing a drone to the ground has gone viral online weeks after the animal park was criticised because its big cats were obese.
The tigers at the state-run Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin in northern Heilongjiang province were playing on Wednesday after heavy snowfall in the region, the news website Sina.com reported.
A zoo worker flew a drone carrying a camera within the tigers’ reach to goad them into chasing it.
The felines gamely took the bait, tailing the drone for minutes before one finally pounced on the device and brought it smashing to the ground.
The group of tigers then gathered around their “prey”, trying to shred it to pieces as smoke was seen rising from the broken machine.
