South China tigers teeter on brink of extinction

REUTERS – JAMES POMFRET
YIHUANG, China (Reuters) – Dragging on a cigarette between his wrinkled lips, Hou Fengqi fingered a dusty bamboo bow and rusty iron-tipped arrows, before recounting his days as a “tiger hunting hero” in the rugged hills of southern China.
 
“The first tiger was the largest, around 150kg, and when we carried it back [...]