Tiger Kills Chinese Farmer

A 20-year-old Chinese migrant farmer was mauled to death by a Siberian tiger on Sunday.

The young man and two other farmers had been traveling to the Great Wall of China when they decided to take a short cut through a wildlife reserve.

Officials say the farmer ignored warning signs and climbed over three fences, including a metre-high electric fence, to enter the grounds of Badaling Wild Animal World, a top breeding ground that holds more than 10 thousand wild animals.

The two other farmers escaped and alerted local authorities. Staff at the wildlife reserve had to force eight tigers into cages before they were able to recover the body.

While the story itself is a tragedy, it does provide a sober reminder for tourists everywhere that fences and warning signs exist for a reason. For further reminders see: Jurassic Park, The Goonies or Indiana Jones. They all provide excellent, albeit fictional, examples of what happens when people jump fences.