2. South China Tiger – The second rarest animal in the world
Unfortunately, the South China Tiger is one of the most threatened and rarest animals in the world. Scientists have declared these species functionally extinct in the wild. While there are no longer South China Tigers left in the wild, there are about a hundred of them in captivity as part of the various breeding programs in China. The first South China Tiger born outside of China was in 2007 in a private reserve in South Africa known as the Laohu Valley Reserve. Since then, several other South China Tigers have been born in the same place.