China Zoo using artificial snow for its Siberian tigers

The measure was adopted to provide better living conditions for the cats, who are in serious danger of extinction.

A tourist reserve of Siberian tigers in northeast China has resorted to artificial snow for your cat to be comfortable, because rainfall this winter in the area are still lower than usual.

The Siberian Tiger Park in Harbin, with over a thousand copies, has used 90 cubic meters of artificial snow for their animals, who need to wash and drink.

The snow from a nearby park where there is massive at this time to build giant statues, as the city of Harbin, which reaches temperatures of 40 degrees below zero in winter, is preparing for its popular and Snow Festival ice.

THE NORTHEAST FELINE

The Siberian tiger, which in the Asian country also known as "Northeast China tiger," is larger than other animals of the species, has a lighter color, sometimes white.

One of the most endangered mammal species. It is estimated that there are only about 500 in the wild, mostly in Russia.

Last year, killing 13 of them in a zoo in northeast China for not having enough to eat was Chinese authorities promised better conditions for these animals in captivity.