Endangered China tiger caught on camera after 30 years
solonavi
13 October 2007
Endangered & Extinction
73 views
No Comment
Print This Post
Email This Post
A South China tiger has been caught on camera by a hunter-turned-farmer, the first confirmed sighting for 30 years of a sub-species experts had feared was extinct in the wild, the Xinhua news agency said on Friday.
Zhou Zhenglong took over 70 snaps of the young tiger lying in the grass near a cliff in a mountainous part of central China. Experts confirmed the images showed one of the elusive cats.
:
In the early 1950s an estimated 4,000 of the tiger subspecies, one of the world’s smallest and the only one native to central and southern China, roamed the country, but its habitat has been squeezed by the country’s rapid economic growth.
The Forestry Department of Shaanxi province, where the tiger was sighted, plans to set up a special protection area for them, Xinhua said.
=====================================================================
| Common Name | South China tiger, Amoy tiger, Xiamen tiger; Tigre (Fr); Tigre (Sp) |
|
| Scientific Name | Panthera tigris amoyensis | |
| Location | China | |
| Status | IUCN: Critically Endangered (CR-D) CITES: Appendix I |
|
| Population | Perhaps a few individuals |
(No Ratings Yet)
Loading ...
Have your say!