Tiger Canyons in South Africa may seem like an unlikely place to see tigers, particularly located as it is in the heart of the Karoo. Yet it has some of the nicest tiger habitat tigers could ask for, plenty of food, water and perhaps the fastest growing wild tiger population on the planet. We believe the future of tiger conservation could lie outside of Asia in places like this, where tigers don't have to compete with half of humanity for breathing and breeding room like they must in India,China and the other places in Asia they call home.
In November 2009 I was privileged to be invited into the tiger's den within hours of her giving birth. The invitation came unequivocably from tigress Julie, with whom I'd developed a tenuous bond only the day before. It was a thrilling moment. This was the first white tiger born in the wild since 1954.
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