ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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PROTECTING THE AMUR TIGER

Here's two videos about the plight of the Amur tiger and those protecting them. Plight? But the number of tigers has gone up a bit, hasn't it?

Yes.

But poachers also know. Furthermore, they can now use roads built to transport oil and gas. These new roads enable them to get to districts they couldn't get to in the recent past. There are not enough rangers as a result of cuts. The investments agreed on during the Tiger Meeting in St. Petersburg turned out to be paper tigers, that is. Also remember that many Amur tigers live outside of the protected zapovedniks. 

In spite of the boycot and the budget cuts, the Russians do a very good job:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4hgdl6U9PA (nat. Geographic, 2016, 17:12)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0zf9Arm-IdE (Nat. Geographic, 2015, 03:07)

To finish the post, an update about tiger 'Boris'. Boris was rehabilitated and released into the wild some time ago. He made a few headlines, as he killed at least two bears interested in his kills in his teens:

http://programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news/25605 Reply