The South China tiger is a sleek cat, averaging about 300 pounds. For the past 2,000 years, the animal has been the subject of Chinese art and literature and revered by many as a symbol of ...

While the South China tiger once roamed a territory 1,200 miles wide, the species was all but eradicated by hunters during the “anti-pest” campaigns of Mao’s Great Leap Forward, ...

“The South China tiger has to jump over a big barrier to be saved,” she says. “They might not jump. Despite all the effort, they might still go extinct.

(Hong Kong, Shanghai, January 25, 2022) Ping An Insurance (Group) Company of China, Ltd. (hereafter "Ping An" or the "Group, HKEX: 02318; SSE: 601318) announced that Ping An Public Welfare ...

For conservationists, the news was exceptional. Chinese officials announced last fall that at least one South China tiger, a species not seen in the wild for more than 20 years, still roamed the ...

The tale of the tiger started last October when local forestry officials in China’s Shaanxi province held a news conference and released what they said was a photo of a rare South China tiger in ...

Three South China Tiger cubs, born three days ago, take a nap in an air-conditioned cage in a fostering center in Suzhou, East China's Jiangsu Province December 26, 2004. Their mother, 8, has ...

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The South China Tiger Is Functionally Extinct. This Banker Has 19 of Them Stuart Bray brawls with everyone—including his wife—to save the South China tiger from extinction.

With an average life span of 25 years, the South China tiger can be found mainly in the mountain forests south of the Yangtze River. It is the most endangered species in the world.