This week, the Chinese state-run media introduced to the world a streak of chubby tigers, adorably chasing a drone out of the sky. Set to playful music, the video shows Siberian tigers, including a few surprisingly fat ones, stalking a drone and eventually knocking it out of the air. Staff at this tiger park in China’s Heilongjiang province were reportedly using the drones to give the overweight tigers a workout before spring, China Central Television explained on its news site. Chubby cats, snow, drone footage: It was internet gold that even had its own segment on Friday’s “Today” show on NBC. That is until animal rights activists came forward to expose where they believe the viral Siberian tigers actually are: a slaughter farm.

Source: Huffington Post February 25, 2017 00:33 UTC