John Varty & Tiger Canyon

[Vinay]

Tiger re-wilding project

In 2000, John started a Bengal tiger re-wilding project near Philippolis in the Free State.[15] Starting with captive bred tigers, the aim is to establish a wild tiger population outside of Asia. In 2003, the progress was documented in a The Discovery Channel production called Living with Tigers. In 2011, National Geographic made a second documentary called Tiger Man of Africa.[16]

The project has received controversy after accusations by their investors and conservationists of manipulating the behaviour of the tigers for the purpose of a film production, Living with Tigers, with the tigers believed to be unable to hunt.[17][18][19] Stuart Bray, who had originally invested a large sum of money in the project, claimed that he and his wife, Li Quan, watched the film crew "[chase] the prey up against the fence and into the path of the tigers just for the sake of dramatic footage."[17][18][19] Quan and Bray also accused them of financial mismanagement after a legal audit uncovered that he had borrowed R5.7-million of the funds for extraneous and personal expenses.[20] Quan and Bray subsequently established the Save China's Tigers Laohu Valley Reserve, also near Philippolis.

Moreover, scientists have also established that the tigers are not genetically pure, which would imply that the project has no conservation value.[21]

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OK Good.... Where he want to rewild Bengal tigers (mixed)??  in African Savanna or India ?? ...

 What is that documentary name : Living with tigers .... Wow.Why not!! 

btw There are so-many hunting parks are there in South Africa and they says they are killing lions for conservative purpose only.IF they allow tiger-hunting the entire hunting INDUSTRY moral hi-ground will collapse that is why this stupid drama.

I don't have problem with BELIEVERS.... BILLION+ PEOPLE believes there is a SKY DADDY.There is nothing wrong if some one believes tigers rewild in African savanna or Sahara desert.  Reply