Guest guest Posted April 25, 2007 Report Share Posted April 25, 2007 Message source: " Cornwall's Voice For Animals " <cvfa.uk 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 ------------------------- Mary Alice Pollard Cornwall's Voice for Animals (OIPA Member) http://www.cornwallsvoiceforanimals.org/Welcome.html http://www.myspace.com/cvfa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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