Circus ties endangered tiger down on a table so people can get selfies

Warning: This publish accommodates a graphic and upsetting video.

Chinese language circus trainers have been caught on video tying up a tiger for guests to take a seat on and take footage with.

The video, which has reached over 90,000 movies because it was posted on Chinese language video platform iQiyi, exhibits the tiger first being tied down on a metallic desk.

Youngsters and adults alike then take turns to take a seat on its again as they pose for photographs.

The video is believed to be filmed at a circus in China's Hunan province, though it's unclear who recorded it.

One phase of the video exhibits a younger youngster yelling "I am scared, I am scared", as his mom locations him close to the animal. 

A coach is then heard saying "Is not it cool to take a seat on a tiger?  It could hold you away from the satan and earn you promotions and wealth."

The act of sitting on a tiger is usually related to the God of Wealth in China, who is usually pictured sitting on the animal.

Chinese language netizens have been fast to sentence the trainers, with many expressing sympathy for the animal.

"Poor tiger. The human race is just too merciless," stated one user on iQiyi. 

"You possibly can't earn a lot from this, and as an alternative you've got introduced a lot ache to the animal, do you assume it is value it?," one other commented.

"What sort of values are these mother and father educating their youngsters?" a netizen requested.

The tiger is believed to be a Siberian tiger, which is getting ready to extinction with solely 540 creatures left within the wild.