16 June 2017 Miss Hughes, representing the Attorney-General’s Office (a required respondent at the appeal), submitted that for the 10 years after the Chinese Tiger Project was formalised through the Framework Agreement with the Chinese government, the parties worked tirelessly on the project. As Miss Hughes vividly put it: “The Tiger Project consumed their lives and ultimately it consumed their marriage.” She reminded the court there can be no denying the genuineness of the project, there are 22 South China Tigers in South Africa awaiting relocation to China once agreement can be reached