Ximing Sun, a worker at the Suzhou South China Conservation Base, holds a seven-week-old tiger cub after...
Ximing Sun, a worker at the Suzhou South China Conservation Base, holds a seven-week-old tiger cub after feeding it, February 2, 2010. Now one of the world's rarest and most elusive of mammals, the South China tiger is a species fully protected by the Chinese government, with none found so far to be remaining in the wild. Suzhou South China Conservation Base is one of the biggest of its kind in China and the largest one with 14 tigers and one seven-week-old cub at the moment. REUTERS/Nir Elias (CHINA - Tags: ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY ANIMALS)