The south China tiger (known as "HuaNan Hu" in Chinese) urgently needs new blood, the latest economist reports. According to the last estimates, the number of the south China tiger has declined to 68, and most of which are now kept in Chinese zoos and research centers. As the report says, "These survivors are all the progeny of just two males and four females, and display the lowered fertility and above-average infant mortality that goes with inbreeding."
An American conservationist, Ronald Tilson, therefore recommends to set up two massive reserves in the provinces of Hunan and Guangdong. For the wild tiger may helpful in "entering the breeding pool".
I doubt the possibility of the reintroducing-the-beast-into-the-wild programme .I still remember how astonished I was when I first saw the south China tiger in Beijing. They were no longer beasts any more. They yawned under the sunshine, doing nothing but dozing, or waiting for the feeder to bring food to them. They were treated like pets; the nature of the wild animals has already died away.
How can one imagines what will happen when these baby-like animals go back to the wild? They can hardly protect themselves, they lack of the knowledge of hunting. You will say that the researchers and scientists may figue out on the problem--they can teach the tiger about how to survive in the wild. But it is far easy said than done.
The first thing is money. In China, I have to say, nothing can operate without money. Though the extinction of the wild life is an emergency, big company or finance organization won't care of the issue if there is little profit. While China government spends limited amount of money on the environment problems. To establish a wildlife park is no wonder a big cost, and who will be gentle to spend money on such a non-profit issue?
The second thing is how to help the south China tiger facing the wild. Though there are successful cases on teaching the zoo-animal back to the wild, but in China, yet it is a tough thing to find good experts to help the teaching thing. It takes time, patient and rich knowledge to teach a pet to be a beast, especially the south China tiger is so rare that even the most positive scientist has to think about the result if let the tiger free inconsiderately.
In my opinion, as clone has been developing, scientists should think about to use this kind of technology to help the survival. Although people are still arguing the moral matter of the clone, it is a very good idea to help stop the extinction.