Tigers

China Digest, November 21, 2012

21 Nov 2012

State broadcaster China Central Television raised 15.8 billion yuan (HK$19.49 billion) on Sunday by auctioning off advertising spots for next year.

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Thai police stop pickup truck, find 16 tiger cubs

27 Oct 2012

Police in northeastern Thailand who chased a pickup truck trying to avoid a highway checkpoint found unexpected contraband in the back of the vehicle: 16 tiger cubs.

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India lifts ban on tiger tourism

18 Oct 2012

India’s top court lifted a ban on tourism in tiger reserves across the country but asked local governments to regulate visitors.

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Infamous tiger photographer to get out of prison

27 Apr 2012

After spending 2 1/2 years in jail for faking a tiger photograph that set off a series of events undermining the credibility of the central government, Shaanxi farmer Zhou Zhenglong is expected...

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Showing China's tigers a mother's love

9 Oct 2011

Forget Amy Chua, Beijing native and former fashion executive Li Quan may have the best claim to the title of 'tiger mum'.

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Of a different stripe

28 Nov 2010

In the newly opened Tiger in Asian Art exhibition at Asia House in London there is a lithograph of the 18th Royal Irish Regiment of Foot defeating the Chinese troops at the Battle of Amoy in the...

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Tigers kill zoo visitor after gate left open

A man was mauled to death by a group of Siberian tigers after he and his son walked into the animals' enclosure in a wildlife park in Shaanxi on Sunday, mainland media reported yesterday.

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6:05PM

No more killing tigers

The world's tiger population is shrinking. Why are tigers facing extinction? And what can humans do to save them?

8:21AM

Shenyang zoo 'starved tigers to get funds'

A northeastern Chinese zoo, where 11 Siberian tigers died from malnutrition, reportedly starved the endangered animals to obtain financial subsidies from the local government.

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Unleash the Tiger in you

Tigers have not been sighted for more than 50 years near Hong Kong, nor anywhere else in South China for some 20 years. But this year, their influence will be felt everywhere.

6:33AM

Cold weather brings tiger baby boom

Experts believe more than 100 cubs will be born at the world's biggest Siberian tiger nursery.

The tiger park in Heilongjiang is 144 hectares of bush and grass. The park has more...

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Park predicts a record delivery of 100 Siberian tiger cubs in an auspicious year

The Year of the Tiger arrives on February 14 - Valentine's Day. Could this be why the Siberian tiger park in Heilongjiang is reporting that its residents are showing evidence of romantic passion...

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