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Amid the torrent of bad environmental news in recent years, the story of Amur tigers in Russia offered a flicker of optimism. Nearly extinct half a century ago, the tigers rebounded when the government imposed protections, and their numbers remained more...
Tags: Russian, Russia Far East, WWF Russia, amur tigers, tigers populations, Amur, Mr. Putin, Russia, Moscow, Siberian tiger, Ussuri, Vladimir Putin, Poaching, Amur Leopard, Tigers, Conservation reliant species, National symbols of India, Environment
Officials at the Erie Zoo say one of their new Amur tigers is still too shy to explore a new $500,000 exhibit. Nikki, a 370-pound male tiger, has refused to come out of his den into the public exhibit since it opened two months ago. Anna, a 300-pound...
A three-month-old Amur tiger cub lounges in a chair at the Pittsburgh Zoo. Born on Mother's Day, May 11, 2008, Amur tigers, more commonly know as Siberian tigers, are a critically endangered species (Panthera pardus orientalis or Panthera pardus amurensis)...
Tags: Amur, Tiger, Endagered Species