fishyfingers: itsdetachable: zoo-logic: The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) is the world’s most endangered species of tiger - less than 30 remain in the wild, and only around 60 in captivity. What is remarkable about conservation efforts for this particular species is that populations are being returned to the wild in a controversial project that takes them via South Africa. Li Quan, founder of Save China’s Tigers, explains: ”Wildlife management is an art, and it’s one in which South Africa excels. China is still poor and if people are hungry they will hunt wildlife. Poverty alleviation is the Chinese government’s priority, so there’s little money for conservation. There is also wholesale loss of the prey animals on which large predators survive. We have no time to lose, and I persuaded the Chinese government that we should re-wild the tigers in a 600-hectare reserve in South Africa while restoring their habitat in China in preparation for their return.” The ‘re-wilding’ project teaches young tigers, including those from captive backgrounds that may never have even seen grass before, to hunt in order that they can be returned to wild, a process that takes about 18 months. The tigers will be returned to nature reserves in China once sustainable populations of prey have been established and people living in target areas have been resettled. When people (in an effort to claim all zoos and similar organizations are evil) tell me that rehab and re-wilding efforts almost all fail and aren’t worth the (insert word here) the animals go through and the artificial insemination rape that sometimes occurs, I laugh in their face. Because, apparently, some would prefer animals to disappear forever than to have humans take charge of the mistakes they’ve made, and attempt to reverse them. I abhor this whole rape idea that animal rights extremists are throwing around. You might as well be saying that a dog is being molested when it needs its anal glands expressed.

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The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) is the world’s most endangered species of tiger - less than 30 remain in the wild, and only around 60 in captivity. What is remarkable about conservation efforts for this particular species is that populations are being returned to the wild in a controversial project that takes them via South Africa. Li Quan, founder of Save China’s Tigers, explains: ”Wildlife management is an art, and it’s one in which South Africa excels. China is still poor and if people are hungry they will hunt wildlife. Poverty alleviation is the Chinese government’s priority, so there’s little money for conservation. There is also wholesale loss of the prey animals on which large predators survive. We have no time to lose, and I persuaded the Chinese government that we should re-wild the tigers in a 600-hectare reserve in South Africa while restoring their habitat in China in preparation for their return.” The ‘re-wilding’ project teaches young tigers, including those from captive backgrounds that may never have even seen grass before, to hunt in order that they can be returned to wild, a process that takes about 18 months. The tigers will be returned to nature reserves in China once sustainable populations of prey have been established and people living in target areas have been resettled.


When people (in an effort to claim all zoos and similar organizations are evil) tell me that rehab and re-wilding efforts almost all fail and aren’t worth the (insert word here) the animals go through and the artificial insemination rape that sometimes occurs, I laugh in their face.

Because, apparently, some would prefer animals to disappear forever than to have humans take charge of the mistakes they’ve made, and attempt to reverse them.

I abhor this whole rape idea that animal rights extremists are throwing around. You might as well be saying that a dog is being molested when it needs its anal glands expressed.

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