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October 31, 2006

Wild Manchurian tigers face bleak future

The chance of increasing the population of wild Manchurian tigers is currently low, said Xinhua news agency, citing the manager of China’s major tiger breeding center.

"There are only 10 to 15 wild Manchurian tigers living in the northern provinces of Heilongjiang and Jilin," said Wang Ligang, manager of the Heilongjiang Manchurian Tiger Artificial Breeding and Reproduction Base.

Damage to their natural habitat and excessive hunting have caused the decline of the wild Manchurian tiger population. Tiger bones used to be an ingredient of traditional Chinese medicine recipes but their use was banned in 1993 in an effort to protect the species.

Heilongjiang Manchurian Tiger Artificial Breeding and Reproduction Base is the biggest artificial breeding base in the world, with more than 700 Manchurian tigers.

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