陝西拍攝到野生華南虎

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      After it had seemed the South China tiger was indeed extinct – I’d figured maybe survived in wild after doing a story on them, but that was a few years ago – comes news of one that’s been photographed in Shaanxi province.

      Info on Save China’s Tigers website includes:

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      On October 11th 2007, a tiger photograph taken by Zhenglong Zhou, a villager from Zhenping County in Ankang City, Shaanxi Province of China, was confirmed to be a South China Tiger, after careful examination by experts from Shaanxi Province Forestry Bureau. This is the first record since 1964 of South China Tigers in the wild in Shaanxi Province’s Qinba Mountains.

      Zhou searched for other clues with extra care. At around 3 o’clock in the afternoon, when he was about to give up, he suddenly saw a cave in the rocks, as well as something yellowish like a tiger. As he looked more carefully, IT WAS A TIGER!

      As Zhou quietly got closer, he took photos with both cameras from behind the big rock. As he got closer and closer, to within about 20 metres, he began shaking with fear and he could hardly hold his cameras. He tried his best to calm himself and hold the cameras steady. As he was getting closer and taking more photos, the camera suddenly flashed with a loud “PAH” sound. He saw the tiger move, so he rolled back behind the rock to hide himself with his heart beating fast. Hearing a loud and long furious roar coming from the tiger, he stood still behind the rock holding his breath.

      Zhenping County has been an important habitat for South China Tigers throughout history, but South China Tigers have not been seen in nearly 30 years. Most villagers from Zhenping County believe tigers still exist, but hiding somewhere deep in the forest. The Plantation Project and Forest Reserve Project in recent years have greatly improved the habitat for tigers. In Zhenping County, tigers were viewed and hvae been heard several times. Shaanxi Province Forestry bureau has recently published its report, Results of Survey of South China Tigers in Zhenping County Shaanxi. It shows 17 reports from witnesses of South China Tigers; 10 reports of animals or humans who had been bitten by tigers, 6 reports of hearing tigers’ roar. On the July 6th this year, 7 wildlife experts examined this report carefully, all agreed: South China Tigers exist in Zhenping County Shaanxi Province. According to the Mayor of Zhenping County “Frequent report from witnesses of South China Tigers shed light on saving this creature from extinction.”

      The Wild South China Tiger: The Photographers Account
      Not sure if odd that the story mentions tiger in a “cave” in the rocks; photo shows a well lit tiger, looking at photographer, in vegetation.

      The story I did is on this site, at:
      Last call for the South China tiger

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        Interesting that, after I’d wondered re the photo I’d seen, there have been reports re questions being raised on internet blogs etc re the authenticity of the South China tiger photos.

        The farmer who took them is headed for Beijing, to get State Forestry people to verify the photos (or not!)

        Just seen that a team will investigate in the area where the photos were reportedly taken. News item includes:

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        many suspicious points surfaced in the photo, including the angle of the sunlight and the size of some leaves.

        The Shaanxi Forestry Department said it wants to set up a national nature reserve in the province. The tiger news, whether true or not, has already brought unprecedented attention to the county of 57,000 people in northern Shaanxi.

        Zhou, a former hunter, also arouse more suspicion when he refused to release his photos just one day before the provincial forestry authority planned to hold a news conference about the tiger’s reappearance on October 12.

        Zhou said he wouldn’t allow his pictures to be published unless the provincial authority offered him a reward of one million yuan (US$133,333). He eventually agreed to lower his request to 20,000 yuan for two pictures.

        Team will investigate possible tiger sighting

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          Well, there’s much debate re authenticity of the photos; and begins to look like they’re fakes.

          The Times has article, inc:

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          Some internet critics cited irregular effects of lighting and focus, saying that the colour of the tiger’s fur looked unreal and too shiny to be authentic.

          Fu Dezhi, a botanist from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, voiced doubts about the vegetation in the photograph, saying that it would be unusual to find a leaf of a size similar to the one that obscured much of the tiger’s head. “I have never discussed whether this is a real tiger because that issue is not my specialty,” he wrote in a blog. “But based on my botanical expertise . . . this is just a ‘paper tiger’.”

          First picture of endangered cat in 30 years may be a paper tiger

          So, how would you take a fake shot, that actually shows a paper tiger? See this page – informative and entertaining even if you can’t read Chinese:
          http://digi.163.com/07/1031/11/3S4M0MV8001618EE.html

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            The farmer and Shaanxi officials involved in the tiger photo may be ruing the day they went public with the images.

            Now, seems the tiger in the shot’s a dead ringer for a tiger that appeared on a poster. From Reuters:

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            Chinese Internet users have pointed to a Chinese New Year poster as proof that a controversial photograph of a tiger purportedly snapped in the wild is fake, local media reported on Monday.

            The emergence online of a commemorative Chinese New Year’s poster of a tiger reclining on a rock produced in 2002 has been cited as proof that Zhou faked the image.

            The poster’s manufacturer was quoted by local media reports as saying that the tiger’s “stripes, bearing and motion are exactly the same as the New Year’s poster.”

            Luo Guanglin, general manager of Yiwushi Vista Print Packing Co Ltd, told Reuters by telephone that the tiger on the poster his company produced was “very similar” to Luo’s.

            “I can’t say whether Zhou’s tiger is the same. That’s for experts to decide… But it is very similar, over 90 percent similar,” Luo said.

            While the tigers are placed in different settings — Zhou’s in a forest, and Vista’s on a rock in a gushing stream — the stripes and pose of the tiger look similar to the naked eye.

            Poster heats up China “paper” tiger debate

            Xinhua also carried the story, in report headed:
            Farmer returns to wilderness to prove tiger photo genuine
            – might reckon farmer Zhou will be best advised to stay in the wilderness, at least till he photographs a real tiger or the furor dies down! 😆

            #4509
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              新華社的這篇報導並不令人意外:

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              中國攝影師表示,林業部門發布並在網路上廣泛討論的數位照片上的華南虎是假的。

              中國攝影家協會下屬的數位圖片預評中心週日發布了攝影專家小組對中國網路公司網易提供的40張數位圖片進行評估後的結果。

              該中心表示,從上週二到週日的技術分析表明,這40張照片中的華南虎不是真實的,不能作為這種野生動物存在的證據。

              專家稱,這些照片必須由有攝影經驗的人或在指導下拍攝,沒有任何攝影經驗的人無法獨立完成。

              攝影師:華南虎照片是假的
              即便如此,官員們還沒有準備好忽略這個錯誤:

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              在中國攝影家協會證實這些照片不是真實的一天后,中國政府官員拒絕承認罕見的野生華南虎照片是假的。

              週二,國家林業局新聞發言人曹慶耀在新聞發布會上對這些在網路上引起軒然大波的爭議圖片的真實性持保留態度,稱需要更多具體證據。

              政府官員拒絕承認華南虎照片是假的

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