With the Year of the Tiger fast approaching, tiger items are hot sellers, and the Changsha Zoo in Hunan Province is cashing by offering genuine tiger whiskers as lucky tokens to ward off evil, "especially for drivers and children" according to a zoo blackboard notice.
The whiskers are not cut or plucked from the beasts, said a zoo employee, but are collected after being shed. Fifteen-centimeter whiskers are sold for 100 yuan ($14.65) while shorter, thinner ones range from 50 to 30 yuan.
Changsha Evening News http://life.globaltimes.cn/odd/2010-01/496959.html
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