Man dismembers Tibetan wild donkey and posts on microblog

Want China Times, Staff Reporter 2014-08-18

The Kiang, or Tibetan wild ass. (File photo/Xinhua)

A man allegedly dismembered a kiang, or Tibetan wild donkey, in the Changtang National Wildlife Sanctuary and uploaded photos of himself standing behind the bleeding animal onto a microblog. He was arrested by authorities on Aug. 11, reports the state-run China You International news website Aug. 13.

The incident was disclosed by concerned microbloggers, who saw the photo online and sent it viral among fellow netizens. In the photo, a man wearing sunglasses shows his bloody hands and stands behind a kiang, whose lower body is soaked in blood. Beside the creature is a lump of flesh, presumably part of its body. The cruel scenario soon raised outcry on social media and was quickly followed by an online hunt to search and find the man's identity.

According to bureau of management of the wildlife sanctuary, the man cut the kiang open after hitting it with his Ferrari. The animal was alive when the man removed its organs and body parts.

The man, believed to have come from other provinces and doing business in Tibet, was arrested by the authorities, the bureau said.

Kiang is native to the Tibetan Plateau, where it lives in montane and alpine grasslands. It is listed as a rare species.

China's criminal law states that people poaching and killing rare, protected, or endangered species will be fined and detained in jail.