JOHANNESBURG -- With his eyes open for little more than a day, an 11-day old cub, the newest addition to one of the world’s rarest cat species, the South China tiger, was on Tuesday revealed at his birthplace in South Africa. The birth of the exceptionally rare tiger has generated huge interest from around the world as he is the first of his species to be born in captivity outside of China. “There has been humongous (massive) interest in this little baby,” said Li Quan, founder of the Save China’s Tigers Organisation, of the male tiger who was born on Nov. 23 at Laohu Valley Reserve in the Free State Province..
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