South China tiger cub born in South Africa


	South China tiger cub born in South Africa

michellezm

12-4-2007 12:36 PM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e0a78854-8672-4bbc-b836-5dc4f5e3aac4/2052A439-9944-42BB-9997-9998F6837180/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/26/content_7145508.htm" href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/26/content_7145508.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">news.xinhuanet.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/26/content_7145508.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.xinhuanet.com/img/DB562FC9-AAF2-493F-8546-0979FB7D3EA8" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/26/content_7145508.htm"><FONT id="Zoom">    BEIJING, Nov. 26 (Xinhuanet) -- A male South 
China tiger cub was born at a wildlife conservation reserve in the Free State 
province, South Africa, on Friday, the first time the animal has been born 
outside China, the Save China's Tigers organization announced on Sunday. </FONT></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/26/content_7145508.htm"><P><FONT id="Zoom">    "Although his eyes have not yet opened, he (the cub) 
is already quite vocal, especially at feeding time," the statement said. 
</FONT></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-11/26/content_7145508.htm"><FONT id="Zoom">    It is the first cub born to the female tiger, Cathay 
and the male tiger, TigerWoods, who are both undergoing rewilding training at 
the Laohu Valley Reserve in South Africa. 
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cleaning and licking her cub, but un-seasonally cold weather left the reserve's 
staff no choice but to remove the cub to prevent it from dying from 
exposure. 
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and would be taught to hunt for itself. 
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