When it comes to employee discipline, this is how it’s supposed to work: Taking action against one worker for wrongdoing discourages others from trying the same thing.
But when it comes to faking pictures of animals in China, that’s not been the case.
China has fired several government officials and arrested another man in connection with fake photos of a highly endangered tiger.
A farmer produced the photos of a South China tiger in a forest, supposedly proving the endangered animal’s existence in northern Shaanxi province. He received 20,000 yuan (almost $3,000) for the photo.
Nine months later, officials admitted the photos were faked, according to reports in the Chinese state media.
The farmer faces fraud charges. Thirteen local government officials were shown the door, including the deputy head of the province’s forestry bureau.
This is just one of several major scandals involving official endorsement of photos of wildlife in recent years.
Earlier this year, the editor of a Chinese newspaper quit after one of its photographers faked a prize-winning photo of endangered Tibetan antelopes.
And HRB told you earlier this year the story of faked pigeon photos.
There’s no truth to the rumor that this current fraud will be made into a film, Cropping Tiger, Fired Deputy.
