That's not a tiger in the picture, but a dog dyed to look like a tiger. It's an example of what The Daily Mail reports is a growing hobby in China: dying and trimming dogs' hair so that they look like different animals.
At the link, you can see what I think are keeshonds costumed as panda bears.
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Recent figures show money spent on pets across the nation has seen nearly a 500 per cent increase between 1999 and 2008 - but, arguably, at the cost of their pets' dignity.
Quite what the animals might think about it is another matter.
At the link, you can see what I think are keeshonds costumed as panda bears.
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In fact, it reminds me of an old joke: What was the name of the dog on 'The Brady Bunch'?
Yes, that's right, it was Alice.
And I agree with Stella.
Crazy is a human trait spread across all cultures.
http://thismatters.net/ramblings/images/pic5-233-1.jpg
If they're doing this instead of trying to cut the willies off of every creature out there to put in their latest virility soup, works for me.
anyway, this is no worse than what we do to poodles:
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/12/23/teenage-mutant-ninja-poodle/
http://www.neatorama.com/2008/06/07/the-chicken-poodle/