At the Siberia Tiger Park in the frigid Chinese city of Harbin, visitors can learn about the facility's successful breeding program — and buy chicken carcasses to toss to around 20 tigers pacing the snow-flecked ground of their enclosure.

At the park gates, a shop sells liquor soaked with tiger bones for up to $1,000 a bottle.

China has made significant strides in wildlife protection in recent years, including a total ban on ivory and plans to open one of the world's largest reserves for wild tigers in northeast China in 2020.