When it comes to China's rare protected animals, everyone will think of the cute giant panda at the first time.
Because of everyone's emphasis on this endemic species in China, the survival status of giant pandas has changed from frequent danger to vulnerable danger, and the number of giant pandas in the wild has also increased greatly.
But another protected animal, , South China Tiger , is still in a very dangerous state.
South China tiger is also a unique organism in my country, but due to the reduction of habitat and human hunting, there are currently no wildSouth China tigers.
The existing South China tigers in my country are all descendants of the six South China tigers captured in the 1970s, and so far there are only about 200. In terms of quantity alone, the survival status of South China tigers is much more severe than that of giant pandas.
In order to change the frequent danger of South China tigers, in 1998, when I saw the news that the Indian Wati brothers had successfully transformed Bengal tigers in Africa, the State Forestry Administration was inspired and sent 5 South China tigers to Africa.
After more than ten years, the five South China tigers have reproduced for three generations, but they have been unable to return to China for a long time. Are they used to eating "foreign rice"? South China tigers are no longer adapting to the Chinese environment?
Build an African wild tiger base
The thing that China sends South China tigers to Africa wild tigers is inseparable from the efforts of a female overseas Chinese.
This female overseas Chinese named Quanli was born in a military family in Beijing. She has had a special hobby for cats and felines since she was a child.
After growing up, Quan Li, who has excellent academic performance, successfully studied abroad. After getting her degree in the United States, she entered the clothing industry and joined the well-known Italian brand GUCCI Company, serving as the company's global brand certification officer.
Although the job is good, in order to pursue her own love, Quan Li resolutely quit this job that everyone envies and came to London to be with her boyfriend.
Quanli has done more than once to pursue what she loves in her heart.
1998, in order to find the "big cat" of the leopard, Quan Li came to Africa alone.
After entering the heart of South Africa, she not only saw this charming feline, but also unexpectedly discovered from it that animal protection can create benefits.
While protecting animals, local people also developed a complete biological chain related to it. While protecting animals, they also developed ecological tourism.
The development of tourism has driven the local related service industries, which has also brought considerable economic benefits to the local area.
Of course, these are also provided with necessary funds for protecting animals because of the economic benefits generated by animals, so that locals can better protect the ecology and develop characteristic tourism. The complete set of
made Quan Li, who had learned MBA, discover new possibilities, and she couldn't help but consider the feasibility of implementing this model in China.
Quanli is a person with strong execution ability. After she had an idea, she immediately took action to understand the current situation of wild animals in China and wanted to see if she could find an entry point.
After reading the information, Quan Li discovered that 5 of the eight subspecies of existing tigers in the world are derived from the South China tigers of China.
This also means that tigers originated in China, but most people don’t understand this knowledge point at all.
And more serious is that South China tigers are already a frequent and dangerous species in China, and wild South China tigers have become extinct.
After reading the information, Quan Li, who already likes cats, decided to take saving South China tigers as the entry point of her plan.
In 1999, after Quan Li returned to China, she told the staff of the Forestry Bureau about her thoughts.
But after listening to Quan Li's words, the other party was more suspicious.
Because many people have proposed assistance before, but none of them took action in the end.
In order to let the other party see his integrity, Quan Li took out more than 100,000 dollars without saying a word, which made the staff dispel their doubts.
After being recognized by the China Forestry Administration, Quanli established a global charity foundation to protect Chinese tigers.
基金会的启动资金里，有1000万美元，都是全莉和丈夫斯图尔特·博瑞的积蓄。
此后全莉再一次辞去工作，把全副身心都投入到了拯救华南虎的事业中。
在之后三年的时间里，她的足迹不仅踏遍了中国虎保护区，还在全世界奔走，想要建立一个保护华南虎的基地。
2002年，全莉一口气在南非买了17家农场，打造了一个“老虎谷”。
这下，就等着华南虎宝宝来到老虎谷保护区安家了。
养虎初见成效
2003年9月，两只华南虎幼崽“国泰”和“希望”，带着无数人的希望，跟着全莉来到老虎谷安家。
一年之后，在上海动物园出生的另外两只华南虎幼崽“虎伍茨”和“麦当娜”，也来找它们的小伙伴了。
全莉和中国林业局在南非建立老虎谷保护地的初衷，就是为了让华南虎幼崽再进行野化训练，让它们的后代恢复野性。
虽然国家林业局支持全莉的计划，但是很多专业人士却提出了质疑。
Their statement also has its own reasons: the South China tiger is a solitary animal in the mountains and forests, living in the forests and mountains of , and the grasslands and climate in South Africa may not be suitable for the life of the South China tiger.
这些全莉不是没有考虑过，可是目前最要紧的，是华南虎野化需要的生存面积。
一般来说，一只成年华南虎，大约需要70平方公里的森林，但是因为人类的生活，很难为华南虎提供这么大的活动范围。
所以从这方面考虑，全莉才在南非建起了老虎谷保护区。
为了让幼虎逐步实现野化，全莉分了三个放养区，第一个放养区给老虎准备了休息的地方，第二个就只有茂密的草丛和灌木丛了。
The first area uses feeding methods, just to make the little tigers adapt to the wild environment. When they arrive in the second area, they will occasionally put some living things in to let the little tigers learn to hunt.
When these little tigers master the hunting skills, they can enter the third area. Here, it is completely a wild living environment. The keepers do not interfere with the tiger's activities, but only monitor the tiger's condition.
Facts have proved that Quanli's method is very effective. After only two months of staying in the Tiger Valley Reserve, "Catholic Pacific" and "Hope" will bite the live chicken, and then even the porcupine with thorns all over the body will be cut off.
除了捕食，两只小老虎还学会了搭窝、藏食，而且在这种环境下，两只老虎的身体也比以前壮实，越来越接近野生虎了。
“虎伍茨”和“麦当娜”引进之后，野化也进行的非常顺利。
但是好景不长，2005年8月，“希望”突发疾病，兽医也没有救过来，很快就死亡了。
"Hope" death has made the domestic doubts about Quan Li increase again, but Quan Li, who has seen the initial results of wild growth, did not care about these things, but introduced the fifth South China tiger from China, the 5-year-old male tiger "327".
“327”进入保护区之后，很快和“虎伍茨”一起承担起了繁衍后代的重任。
2007年，“国泰”生下了第一只幼崽“虎噜”，2011年，“国泰”和“麦当娜”一共产下6只幼崽。
到2012年，“国泰”和“麦当娜”又一共养大了11只幼崽，之前那些长大的幼崽也开始交配，又为保护区生下了第三代“移民”。
只是可惜的是，“327”在与“虎伍茨”争风吃醋的时候被咬死了，这虽然让人惋惜，但也证明了这些老虎野性的恢复。
Why did the tiger not return?
截至2016年，南非老虎谷保护区内，共有成年虎13只，幼崽10只，按照之前的约定，从2008年起，这些野化成功的老虎就应该回到中国了。
In order to receive these South China tigers living abroad, the State Forestry Administration selected three places as the release experimental zones for the return of South China.
Zixi County in Jiangxi is one of them.
Here is a typical subtropical climate, with a total area of 226 square kilometers and a rich variety of species. It not only provides food sources for South China tigers, but also has very suitable climate and temperature.
In order to welcome the South China Tiger back, many local villagers gave up their orchards and houses and moved away factories and mines. For this reason, the local fiscal revenue has also decreased a lot.
However, Zixi County, which was ready, did not wait until the South China Tiger "returned to study abroad".
There are only two reasons, one of which is the domestic reason.
Take Zixi County as an example. Although the people there made a lot of sacrifices to welcome the return of the South China tiger, the construction here is not yet perfect if you want to let the South China tiger live.
Although the Forestry Bureau planned three similar experimental zones nationwide, these experimental zone projects were put on hold for various reasons.
Another reason is Quanli's side.
Although Quan Li is enthusiastic about the wild South China tiger, they are not professional about the wild South China tiger.
First of all, after all the South China tiger babies are born, none of them are completely out of artificial breeding. Moreover, even if the South China tiger undergoes wild training after adulthood, the staff there are often contacts with the South China tiger.
professional wild training is to make these tigers as not as possible in contact with humans, and to make them completely independent of humans, so that they can be considered standard wild training.
In addition, although Quan Li spent money to buy 17 farms, these farms combined are only 350 square kilometers.
According to the activity range of South China tigers, there are only 7 South China tigers here.
However, there are more than 20 South China tigers living in the Tiger Valley Reserve. In such a living environment, it cannot meet the requirements of effectively wild South China tigers.
Rather than saying that they are wild South China tigers, they are actually more like an safari . The South China tigers are here, but their range of activities is a little larger than the cage in the zoo. There is another more fatal reason for
, which is that Quanli has problems herself.
The husband who supported her to establish the foundation changed his mind halfway and even filed a divorce lawsuit with Quan Li.
The focus of their conflict is the foundation’s funding issue.
When the foundation was established, Quanli's husband Borui almost invested his wealth, and he made great contributions. However, after the foundation was established, a lot of money was donated by people from all walks of life.
But this money is not all used in the Tiger Valley Reserve, and there is also a lot of it used for the luxury life of Quanli and Borui. It is precisely because they privately misappropriate the foundation's money that there is a conflict.
Their divorce lawsuit has been fought for 7 years, and naturally no one will take care of the Tiger Valley Reserve.
The foundation founded by Quanli in 2017 issued a statement for the last time saying that all their offices in various places have been cancelled.
And Quanli, the initiator of the South China Tiger South Africa wildlife project, has no longer been concerned about this project since 2013.
2015 Quanli also stated in her last social update that she has nothing to do with the South African South China Tiger Project.
She eventually betrayed her original intention. Those pure-bred South China tigers who traveled across the ocean to South Africa because of her dreams were eventually lost.
Conclusion
In fact, in addition to Quanli, there is also a South China tiger breeding base in Meihua Mountain, Fujian. They have been doing the wild cultivation of South China tigers since 1998.
When Quanli gave up the African Tiger Valley project, 17 South China tigers had been bred in Meihua Mountain, Fujian, but they have been working silently, with few hypes, and not many people know about it.
Whether it is foreign fielding or local breeding, the fundamental reason why the current situation of South China tigers is still so unoptimistic is the territorial competition between humans and animals.
Humans need arable land, housing, and animals also need it. The reason why the number of South China tigers has dropped sharply is that their range of activities has been divided into small pieces by human cultivation.
does not have enough territory, and the survival of South China tigers is naturally in danger. This situation is also the current situation facing wild animals in China and even the world.
Only by resolving the territorial contradiction between humans and animals can these natural elves return to everyone's sight.
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