听无止境:华南虎为生存离家远走

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曾经所向披靡的华南虎,如今也正饱受敌人的困扰,那就是种族延续…

 

Saving China's Tigers
South China Tigers are the world's most endangered species of big cat. A group of activists have moved some to South Africa in an effort to save them from extinction. Lara Logan has more details.


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Me, Tiger Woods, not the golfer obviously, but a pretty impressive cat in his own right.

He is huge. He is huge, and he is only two.

    This Tiger Woods and his famously named pals, Modonna and Cafe, are all South China Tigers, the most endangered species of big cat in the world today. Li Quan is breaking all the rules of conservation to try to save their dying breed. "If we don't do anything drastic, they may go extinct forever."

    Li's drastic plan is to take these zoo-raised animals from Asia and put them in an enviroment in Africa where they can learn to be wild again. When Li saw the poor conditions in which these tigers were living in China five years ago, she devoted herself full time to the cause and launched an ambitious dream to save these asian tiger in South Africa, when no tigers exist in the wild.

    Moving wild animals is alway a risky business, especially when you bring them half-way across the world. But this project has attracted particularly strong criticism, from some cat experts, who say there are too few South China Tigers left, and too many risks to be gambling with the future of an entire species.

    I can't wait up ,blow the whistle ,open the gate please, let them through.

    The tiger's chief Handeler Peter Openshore had his doubts at first but now believes the open spaces and wildlife expertise in South Africa can save these asian tigers. Openshore initially had to hunt for them, after spending their lives in the zoo, these tigers had never even eaten wild meat and thought the dead animal was a toy. Now when Operchore drops a carcass in the field and blows his whistle, within seconds the tigers rush across the grasslands, ready to pounce.

    After three years, Tiger Woods and the others are successfully able to hunt for themselves. "The end goal of the project is acutally to reintroduce the Chinese tigers back to where they come from, that means a Chinese wild."

    Getting to the Chinese wild via South Africa, maybe a roundabout way, but to Li Quan, it's better than no way at all.

    Lara Logan, CBS News, Laohu Valley Reserves, South Africa.

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