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Quan Li says the three tigers are now larger than their brothers and sisters who are living in their home habitat in China. Two older tigers now have most of their savagery restored and can hunt wild animals by themselves.
They will return to China in next year when their new environment is ready.
Following that, an increasing number of Chinese tigers will receive such training, with their wild natures expected to be fully restored by the third or fourth generation.
The project began with funds donated by her businessman husband.
Maintaining the 100 hectares of park requires a lot of money. Apart from public donations and Quan Li's own savings, Quan Li's husband has also been a major supporter of her work.
Quan Li's husband, Stuart Bray, is a London-based banker. He says he is proud of what Quan Li is doing.
Quan Li says at least 30 million US dollars are needed to run the wildlife conservation program that aims to train tiger cubs to hunt for themselves in the wild.
As a matter of fact, the Chinese Government has also been working hard to save the dying animal species.
China has strictly forbidden the hunting of tigers and the trade of tiger bones, thought of as an important ingredient in Traditional Chinese Medicine. There are now more than 40 nature reserves for tigers, taking up more than 20,000 square kilometers.
An official with the Wild Life Research and Development Center of the State Forestry Administration of China, Lu Jun, says the experience of Save China's Tiger Foundation in protecting wild animals will be incorporated into the Chinese tiger conservation model to create a pilot reserve program in China.
"Quan Li is the first person with an international background to get involved in saving China's tigers. Such a background has helped the activity draw a lot of international attention, which is helpful for our work in the next stage. Two places in China have currently been selected as reservations for South China Tigers, setting aside an area of over 100 square kilometers respectively to serve as habitats for tigers to live and breed."
It's expected that Quan Li's experience in protecting the South China Tigers will be incorporated into the Chinese tiger conservation package, creating a model for saving tigers in China. Because just like Quan Li says, saving Chinese tigers, the only classic indigenous species living in China, serves to preserve a proud symbol of Chinese origin.
Thank you, Wang Jing, for sharing this fascinating personality with us. And with that, we come to the end of this edition of Life in China. As always, if you have any comments or suggestions, please email us at enlife@crifm.com. Or you can send us a snail mail at: English Service, China Radio International, Beijing, China. Our postal code is 100040. And remember you can also listen to our program online at www.crienglish.com. On behalf of the Life in China team, this is Shanshan wishing you a most enjoyable weekend. Hope you can join us again -- same time next week.
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