(CN- Africa): Tiger heads to Africa for romance

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Tiger heads to Africa for romance

POSTED: 9:45 a.m. EDT, April 23, 2007

 

SHANGHAI, China (Reuters) -- A South China tiger, one of fewer than

100 in existence, has left Shanghai for a romantic mission to Africa

that might help save the species.

 

The four-year-old male, known only by his breeding registry number

" 327, " is to be paired with a young female of the same species in a

South African reserve. He took off from a Shanghai airport Monday.

 

The idea is for the tigers to mix in a wild environment, breed and

brush up on their hunting skills before being returned to their native

habitat in China.

 

China's Suzhou South China Tiger Reserve volunteered the male tiger

for the mating mission.....

 

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/04/23/tiger.mating.reut/index.html

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