周正龙

陕西的林业官员匆忙为周正龙辩解。

Forestry officials in Shaanxi have rushed to Mr Zhou 's defence .

周正龙甚至声称要亲自打死一只华南虎拖到北京来给大家看。

Zhou even asserted to kill a tiger and drag it to Beijing for testimony .

上周，周正龙和省府官员前往北京，与国家林业局官员见面。

Mr Zhou and provincial authorities travelled to Beijing last week for meetings at the state forestry administration .

据了解，北京律师顾玉树和陕西律师杨建军将为周正龙二审进行免费辩护。

According to introduction , Gu Yushu and Yang Jianjun , the two lawyers from Beijing and Shaanxi , will defend for Zhou Free of charge .

事件起因于网民质疑陕西普通农民周正龙拍摄并由陕西林业局公布的华南虎照片的真实性。

Netizens cast doubt on the authenticity of a photo of South China tiger taken by Zhou Zhenglong ( a local hunter ) and released by the Shaanxi Forestry Bureau .

据新华社报道，农民周正龙曾声称利用数码相机拍摄虎照。警方搜查出其用于造假的老虎图片后，他因涉嫌欺诈罪被逮捕。

Zhou Zhenglong , the farmer who claimed to have taken the photo using a digital camera , was arrested on suspicion of fraud , Xinhua said , after police seized a picture of a tiger to produce the photos .