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Saving China's tigers in South AfricaPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, October 31, 2008 12:50 PM
![]() Li Quan with a tiger cub born in South Africa One hundred years ago there were eight subspecies of tiger. The Bali, Javan andCaspian tigers are now extinct while the Siberian, Bengal, Sumatran, Indo-Chinese and South China tigers are all critically endangered. An organization called Save China's Tigers is trying to do as their name suggests, and they have a website that describes their project:
Li Quan was previously the worldwide head of licensing for Gucci. One of her organizations main projects is 'rewilding' tigers. This means training zoo-kept tigers for re-introduction into the wild. Stangely enough, this is taking place in South Africa. The website explains:
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Comments on Saving China's tigers in South Africa
I am happy that people like Li Quan still exist.
Her heart is big like a mountain and she is trying to preserve one of the most beautiful gifts to the mankind. Yes, the (Chinese)tigers are beautiful and the world would be much poorer without them. Artist, children and many "ordinary" preople have had and will always have love and interest towards tigers. So tigers existence is not only for the sake of tigers - it is for the people's sake too.