"Finally a Indo-Tiger" has been shot?

"Finally a Indo-Tiger" has been shot?

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May 13th, 2007, Feng Limin erection of infrared trigger camera to photograph the wild Indochinese Tiger.

November 25, Xishuangbanna poaching cases Indo-Tiger.

In February this year, local villagers night into two natural protected areas, unexpected encounters a tiger, and killed. Subsequently, they were also known to the villagers, the senators will be eaten by a tiger. Prosecutor accused poaching suspects who committed the offence of illegal possession of firearms, illegal hunting and killing of rare and endangered wildlife crime. Shortly afterwards, the media out of the "China's last wild Indochinese Tiger eaten" feeling. The Tiger is a "final" Indochinese Tiger became out of the case itself greater focus.

This topic to date back to May 13th, 2007.

At the Beijing Normal University doctoral student Feng Limin erection of infrared trigger the camera to a walk by the river of Indo-Tiger (the head of the Tiger and the villagers poaching sites sites belong to the same region). This is China's first wild Indochinese Tiger photos from zoology or ecological point of view, this photo of significance is far more than in October of the "week of the Tiger". However, it did not lead to greater attention. Most people at that and this Indo-tiger killed almost at the same time, the Indo-Chinese tiger conservation International Conference is held in.

Whether this was a keeper of the individual is not the first broke into the lens of the Tiger, it is clear: the poaching for are already extremely fragile China's tiger population has caused a fatal blow!

Hulu is only distributed in Asia, Eastern and southern, only 1 kind, but the differentiation from the nine geographical subspecies, including Bali Tiger, a tiger and Caspian Tiger Java 3 subspecies extinct.

China has the world with Tiger subspecies and populations of the richest countries. Tiger family prosperous, reflects China during this period of history, natural environment or ecosystem is quite perfect and healthy. On the contrary, the Tiger's vanishing description our ecosystem health in Asia, and even unhealthy state. The Tiger is the top of the food chain, is nutritional spire of the pyramid. Tiger's existence is to countless prey, as well as the game's vegetable food as the cornerstone. Without enough food and space, there would not have been a tiger. Human activity is causing the current situation of the main reasons that people used to the prejudice of the Tiger, and superstitions "tiger products magic" and lead to widespread killing them.

At the moment, the extinction of wild South China Tiger Basic has turned into a conclusion.

Bengal tiger in the domestic situation, we almost know nothing. The Siberian Tiger and tiger in Indo-China, basic can be found wandering in our border region "dual nationality". Precisely, and now the country's Tigers are actually spread population from neighbouring countries. This is a very good thing that my years of conservation work is effective. Poaching Indo Tiger event indeed let disheartening as if North Korea is in the healing of wounds on Isaac a salt. To completely heal the scars, the parties to the effort will be more difficult. But hope that still lies ahead, I believe that this passing Indochinese tiger head must not be the China's "final" Indo-Tiger. Hope in the coming year of the Tiger, and even after all of the year of the Tiger, we can hear the jungle lion roars!

¡Õ Zhang Jin-Suk (Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Zoology doctoral)