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English_news@126.com 密码: 123456 2010 is the Year of the Tiger (officially starting February 14). There are certain qualities and abilities the tiger possesses that you will want to emulate模仿 this year. The tiger, as a species物种, can be found in the most northern and most southern climates. Tigers cant run fast for very long, therefore, they choose to ambush伏击 their prey猎物. They know what they are good at and they leverage利用 that. You too have strengths you can capitalize on利用. Imminent Extinction灭绝: At one time, nine subspecies made up the tiger family, but since the 1950s three to four have gone extinct灭绝. The remaining剩下的 species are endangered濒危的 due to poaching非法捕猎, loss of habitat栖息力 and loss of prey due to overhunting by humans. Loss and degradation退化 of the tigers habitat in China and poaching of the animals as well as their prey -- or source of food -- were behind the rapid disappearance of the animal, he added. In the 1950s, about 4,000 of the South China variety roamed物种漫游 China, he said. China banned禁止 international trade in tiger bones and related products in 1993, Zhu said, but preventing all poaching and illegal trade remains a challenge. In December, a man who shot dead an Indochinese tiger was sentenced宣判 to 12 years in prison and fined 罚款580,000 yuan (85,000 dollars). When the two men realised they had killed an Indochinese Tiger, which is on Chinas list of endangered species, they got scared and ran away, leaving the corpse尸体behind, the report said. The second man, Gao Zuqiao, later returned to the animals body with six other people, skinned 具有...的皮and dismembered 分割the tiger, and brought the bones and flesh home to eat, according to the report. Three others were also found guilty of covering up the crime, and put on probation 缓刑for four years. According to the Save The Tiger Fund, a 1998 expert assessment评估 estimated that only 736 to 1,225 Indochinese tigers were left in the wild. A massive巨大的 magnitude数量级-8.8 earthquake struck袭击 south