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A 'malnourished' zoo lion chewed off its own tail after it got it frozen stuck in a water hole.
Tourists visiting the Taiyuan Zoo in Shanxi Province during the Chinese New Year holidays noticed the injured lion, which was extremely malnourished.
The 'skin-and-bones' animal was kept in a cage together with a lioness, which appeared equally underfed.
Visitors accused the zoo of abuse and maltreatment and demanded to know why the lion was missing half of its tail.