South China Tiger is extinct in the wild ?

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Yes, no more South China tigers.
China, however, seems to have a nice reproduction in captivity program, with more than 5000 tigers, all subspecies.
Anyway, I think the Siberian  tiger has the best long term prospect. They still have a good habitat and Russia seems to be very determined to protect them. I believe all of you already know the last good news from Russia: there are more than 500 wild Siberians and the population seems to be increasing.
I am afraid of the situation in India. India is a 1,2 billion people country and the economy is growing very fast ( around 7,5% a year). If the tiger´s habitat is already a problem now, I suspect the situation can only get worse and worse in the future, with  a lot of pressure to build roads, etc inside reserves. But I know India is  very interested in saving the bigcats although it is really sad to read that this year budget to Project Tiger was cut in 15% compared to last year. Reply