RARE BEAST

RARE BEAST 14 3000 кg There has been no confirmed sighting of the South China tiger in the Amount of food an adult tiger needs each year. wild for decades This translates roughly into one deer-sized CR animal every week. CRITICALLY ENDANGERED SOUTH CHINA TIGERS AWAIT REINTRODUCTION TO THE WILD THE SOUTH CHINA TIGER Panthera tigris amoyensis 27.45 t 25,000 and 45,000 ha 1 ha 24.3 t Depending on vegetation, one hectare in tiger country can: 330-900 t The amount of carbon dioxide one hectare of forest can absorb Amount of of dust absorbed Depending on Species, area of natural habitat with forests, water and large number of prey a wild tiger needs oxygen it can release WORLD TIGERS STATUS EXTINCT CRITICALLY ENDANGERED ENDANGERED AMUR/SIBERIAN TIGER panthera tigris altaica EX EX EX CR CR EN EN EN EN The Amur tiger is the largest sub-species of tiger and is primarily found in far-east Russia and northeast China. It came close to being extinct but its population has rebounded and about 450 are alive today. The Amur TIger is another Chinese resident that is making a comeback BALI TIGER JAVAN TIGER CASPIAN TIGER SOUTH CHINA TIGER SUMATRAN TIGER AMUR TIGER INDIAN TIGER MALAYAN TIGER INDOCHINESE TIGER 3,200 22 ESTIMATED NUMBER IN CHINA NUMBER OF TIGERS LEFT IN THE WORLD SAVE CHINA'S TIGERS FOUNDATION 2000 2002 2006 2008 2010 Quan acquires 33,000 hectares of land in South Africa for tiger rewilding program. November: Wild South China tigers declared extinct. Save China's Tigers signs deal with State Forestry Administration on reintroduction of South China tigers into the wild in China in 2008. April: State Forestry Administration approves Zixi in Jiangxi province and Liuyang in Hunan province as candidate sites for first Chinese Tiger Pilot Reserve. March 30: cCathay gives birth to two cubs. April 12: Madonna gives birth to two cubs. One survives. Aug 18: Madonna gives birth to second litter of cubs. September: Some of the world's leading wild cat biologists assess results of rewilding project. They unanimously agree project has been successful and see it as a potential model for future big-cat conservation. October: Quan Li, former fashion executive in Italy, sets up Save China's Tigers in UK. SAVE 2001 2011 Aug:st: She proposes that China use South African 2009 May 17: Two second-generation tigers born at Laohu Valley fitted with GPS/radio collars to study their hunting behavior. 2007 2004 Oct 29: Another two Chinese cubs, Tiger Woods and Madonna, leave for South Africa for similar 2003 November: By now, Madonna and her one-year old cubs have made 30 kills in less than two months of April 23: Stud tiger sent from Suzhou Zoo in Jiangsu province to Laohu Valley Reserve in South Africa to start breeding program. Nov 23: Cathay gives birth to first cub. expertise to help China's tiger reintroduction project. September: Two South China tiger cubs, Cathay and Hope, sent to South Africa for rewilding training. rewilding training. Oct 9: Number of South China tigers at Laohu Valley reaches 14. training. Source: International Fund for Nature, WWF, Global Tiger Recovery program GUILLERMO MUNRO / CHINA DAILY