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Save China's Tigers
Mission: "To protect and restore ecosystems through saving the flagship Chinese Tigers and other big cats."
In China since: 2000
Mainland China contact:
Zhang Lin
北京100091
万寿山中国林业科学院 1928信箱
Tel: (北京) 13701328662
86-10-6286-6588
Established by a Chinese woman living overseas, Save China’s Tigers was registered as a charity in Great Britain in 2000 and in the United States in 2002. The organization is devoted to preserving big cat species in China, especially the flagship South China Tiger. This is now estimated to have a wild population of only 30, making it the world’s most endangered tiger species.
Since the end of 2002 Save China’s Tigers has been working with the State Forestry Administration and a private Trust in South Africa on a programme to re-introduce captive tigers to natural habitats. Tiger cubs born in Chinese zoos are sent to the Laohu valley reserve in South Africa to learn the ropes of living in the wild. It is hoped that the first tiger graduates of this international training programme will be returned to China and released in
Zixi, Jiangxi province and Liuyang, Hunan province, in 2008, to coincide with China’s hosting the Olympic Games.
To raise public awareness and support, Save China’s Tigers has recruited several celebrities as informal ambassadors, including film director, Chen Kaige, actors Yang Ziqiong and Jackie Chan, actress Michells Yeoh and British rock star Nick Rhodes.
Save China’s Tigers has so far been funded primarily by the family of its founder. Cathay Pacific has provided free air travel for the tigers.
Last updated- January 07 CKC
Links
http://www.savechinastigers.org
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