Among the world's top ten endangered species listed by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the South China tiger is in the forefront, and its number is even rarer than that of the giant panda. South China Tiger is the only tiger species in China among the eight subspecies of modern tigers. In the past, it was widely distributed in forests in South China, East China, Central China and Southwest China. However, for more than a century, due to war, hunting and the destruction of the ecological environment, the wild South China tiger is on the verge of extinction. 1986 In April, at the International Symposium on Tiger World Conservation Strategy held in Minneapolis, USA, China South China Tiger was listed as the first protected tiger in the world. The Hu family once owned eight subspecies on the earth: Northeast Tiger, South China Tiger, Bengal Tiger, Indian zhina Tiger, Sumatra Tiger, Bali Tiger, Lihai Tiger, Java Tiger and the last three tiger species. Now they have been expelled from the game. In 1930s, Bali Lake became extinct; In the 1960s, the tiger in the sea was nirvana; In the 1970s, the last Java tiger returned to the dust. In less than 50 years, three tiger species waved goodbye to the world. The remaining five tiger species are also tottering and precarious, and you can almost see the entrance to hell. South China Tiger has sounded the knocker of hell! The South China Tiger is also called Xiamen Tiger, because the first specimen was found in Xiamen and is now kept in the Royal Museum. Another name, Chinese Tiger, shows its unique authentic identity in China. There is also a little-known name-ancestor tiger. Among the tiger families, the South China tiger is an ancient subspecies that is closest to the tiger bone characteristics of the primitive tiger, with a small brain and sunken eye sockets. The skull features of this primitive tiger have been preserved by the South China Tiger so far, and people think it is a direct descendant of the original species of the tiger. South China tiger has a round head, short ears, long tail, strong limbs, moderate posture, neither fat nor thin. Just right. Huang Cancan's fur is dotted with dark stripes, and its handsome appearance is really a fine work of art, which is distributed in 10 provinces in East China, Central China and South China, with a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers from east to west and a distance of 1600 kilometers from north to south. The tigers known to China people are basically represented by the South China Tiger. The alarm is coming-the South China Tiger is on the verge of extinction! The South China Tiger is recognized as the rarest and most endangered wild animal in the world! Some foreign scholars have doubted the existence of wild South China tigers, and some even began to write papers: "How did the South China tigers in China become extinct?" Textbooks in our country have to admit the fact that "... the total number of wild South China tigers is estimated to be no more than 20. There are still more than 65,438+0,000 wild giant pandas, the national treasure that is also on the verge of extinction. However, the total number of South China tigers that once roamed more than 20 in China is now "no more than 20", with an average of less than one saved. In order to protect and save the South China Tiger, the China government listed it as the highest priority species and launched the South China Tiger Rescue Project. Longyan City, Fujian Province has established [[Meihuashan South China Tiger Park]] in Meihuashan National Nature Reserve, with the purpose of wild training, releasing and expanding the wild population of South China tigers. At the same time, a wildlife breeding area was established in Tiger Park to provide food and herbivores for South China tigers. The goal is to increase the number of South China tigers in the tiger park to 100 through artificial breeding, semi-wild breeding and wild breeding, and gradually return them to nature, restore the population of wild South China tigers, and build Meihua Mountain into a South China tiger reserve with international advanced level. According to the field investigation, analysis and calculation of the joint investigation team of the State Forestry Administration and the World Wide Fund for Nature, experts believe that there are only about 20 to 30 wild South China tigers, which are distributed in some mountainous areas of Luo Xiao Mountain, Leigong Mountain and Nanling Mountain at the junction of Jiangxi, Hunan and Guangdong provinces in China. In addition, the footprints of South China tigers have been found many times in Wuyishan Nature Reserve of Meihuashan in western Fujian in recent years. The existing South China tigers in Guangdong are divided into three parts: Yangshan, Ruyuan and Lianshan, with 3 to 5 tigers; There is one car 80 balance frame; Renhua, Nanxiong and Lechang each have one. In order to protect and expand the South China Tiger and its habitat, Shaoguan City, Guangdong Province established the South China Tiger Nature Reserve in northern Guangdong on 1990, with a total area of 290,467 hectares. According to the investigation in this nature reserve in recent ten years, the South China tiger is active in the mountainous area of northern Guangdong. In this area, information such as scratching, footprints, feces and growling of the South China tiger was found 36 times, only 5 times in 2002, among which the feces of the South China tiger was found at the elevation of Yangdongshan in Lechang City 1400 meters on May 8, 2002. On the 28th of the same year 1 1 month, it was found that the South China Tiger killed five black goats at a time under the Lashu tree in Changjiang Town, Renhua County, leaving obvious footprints. According to the observation and research of the staff of the reserve for many years, it is estimated that there are five or six South China tigers in this area. In recent years, on the borders of Fujian, Guangdong and Jiangxi, mountain people often hear the howling of tigers. According to Fujian Daily1August 2, 1999, several migrant workers met a South China tiger in Wuyishan National Nature Reserve, Fujian. On the evening of July 4th, the same year, Yuan Honghua, a villager from Fengchan Village, Baizhu Township, Yihuang County, Jiangxi Province, returned from catching snakes on the mountain and was killed by a tiger. The relevant departments in Jiangxi Province have promised that if anyone finds the South China Tiger in the wild, they will reward 50,000 yuan. The local area also organized Orion and villagers to carry out photography training and distributed a large number of cameras. As a result, no one photographed a live tiger. Then two photographers were sent to Yi huangshan district to try to track and photograph the South China Tiger with all their strength, but in the end they came to nothing. Up to now, people have never seen a live tiger. Where does the South China Tiger hide in the wild? According to experts, the tiger looks terrible, but its character is far less ferocious than that of the jackal. Tigers are generally naturally afraid of people. Under normal circumstances, it smells the smell of people, or hears people's voices, so it avoids hiding far away. Tigers don't live in groups, have no fixed abode, wander in the deep mountains and forests, and hunt in the territory under their jurisdiction. Generally, the sphere of influence of a male tiger is about 80 square kilometers. Therefore, there is an old saying in China: One mountain does not hide two tigers; Looking for a tiger in such a vast mountain forest is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Most South China tigers prey on wild boar, wild sheep, deer and other large and medium-sized animals in the morning and evening. Hurting tigers are all hungry tigers who are old and weak and can't eat. When they can't find a tigress with wild game or a tiger with a bad attitude during lactation, they risk hurting people. However, once some tigers succeed in accidentally attacking human beings, they will become human-eating tigers in the future. In recent years, scientists from the World Wildlife Fund put forward a new viewpoint, that is, "tigers eat people not because they are hungry, but because they are thirsty". They observed in the field and analyzed with various instruments, and found that the meat eaten by tigers was related to the water they drank. If the salty taste is slightly strong, the chemical changes in the body will cause thirst and hurt people. Recently, the South China Tiger Nature Reserve in northern Guangdong invited experts and professors from Central South Forestry College to make a field trip to the reserve, and formulated a master plan for the protection of the South China tiger. The three core areas of Chebaling, Yangdongshan and Luokeng, which have frequent activities and good natural environment protection, are divided into three core areas for key protection, and green passages are established in the core areas, observation points of South China tigers are established, scientific management is implemented, and further protection and research are carried out, so that this endangered species can thrive and not disappear from the earth. This article comes from guided habitat.

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