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Tigers Study abroad COuLD yOu bRIEFLy INTRODuCE ThE ChINa TIgER REvIvaL aND ThE LaOhu vaLLEy RESERvE （LvR） IN SOuTh aFRICa？ whaT waS yOuR INSPIRaTION？ In October 2000， I launched China Tiger Revival （formerly Save China’s Tigers） in the Chinese embassy in London in the UK. The ambitious project aims to reverse the fate of the Chinese tigers by breeding them， helping them regain their natural hunting abilities and reintroducing them back into China’s wild. Laohu Valley Reserve is located near the small town of Philippolis， Free State in South Africa， with an area of 33，000 hectares. It stretches right over Orange River with 1/3 of the area in Northern Cape and the other 2/3 in Free State. The unique reserve is made up of 17 chunks of defunct sheep farms. I was born in the Year of Tiger and have always loved cats， especially the tiger. I’ve thought that conservation is the coolest thing ever since I visited the South Luwanga National Park in Zambia. I was deeply touched by the beautiful animals living freely. whEN yOu wERE INTERvIEwED by ThE XINhua NEwS agENCy， ThEy mENTIONED ThaT， IN ThE bEgINNINg， ThE FIRST TwO TIgERS―CaThay aND hOPE―wERE aFRaID OF LIvE ChICKENS bEFORE ThEy wERE REhabILITaTED. ON JuLy 25， 2004， ThEy CaughT ThEIR FIRST EvER buShbuCK aND aTE IT. aRE ThERE aNy OThER INTERESTINg SuCCESS STORIES？ Well， I would like to share the story of Tiger Woods and Madonna. At the beginning of November 2004， Tiger Woods and Madonna arrived aged eight and seven months respectively. These cubs flew directly from Beijing via Hong Kong to Johannesburg and were again flown to Laohu Valley by the Bateleurs. The cubs were housed in a 0.2 hectare quarantine camp for the first month of their stay at LVR. During this time， they were fed meat from the butchery， but within the first week of their arrival they were given hare carcasses. Both cubs devoured the hares completely， including the skin and bones. By the end of the quarantine period， they also got their first large carca