A Siberian tiger bit a man in China and remains on the loose, authorities say
Authorities in northern China are searching for a wild tiger, after it attacked two men and left one of them needing surgery.
HONG KONG — Authorities in northern China are searching for at least one wild tiger, after two men were attacked and one of them was left needing surgery.
Officials in Boli County in China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang said in a statement that a villager was bitten on the left hand Monday morning. The man’s injury was so severe that he required a four-hour limb-salvage surgery to avoid amputation, according to state media People’s Daily.
Social MediaFollowing the attack, the Heilongjiang Forestry and Grassland Administration held an emergency meeting Monday, identifying the animal that caused the injury as a Siberian tiger.
Siberian tigers are the world’s largest cats, can weigh up to 660 pounds and grow to be almost 11 feet long. The endangered big cats are native to northeast China and Russia, living in mountains, forests and river valleys.
Given that Boli County is not a primary habitat for the tigers, the emergency meeting’s participants agreed that incident required “special attention and stronger risk prevention,” according to a statement. A specialist task force has now been dispatched to assist the local government in managing the incident, it added.
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