Amur tigers, formerly known as Siberian tigers, are under threat because of poaching, declining prey populations and deforestation in their natural habitats. According to the Wildcats Conservation ...

There was a massive spike in tiger poaching.” By the mid-1990s, it seemed possible that the Amur tiger would soon be extinct. Back then, Miquelle worked for the Hornocker Wildlife Institute ...

Mara, an 18-year-old Amur tiger known for her spunk and playfulness, has been euthanized due to age issues, the Columbus Zoo ...

The 300-pound feline once roamed much of Central Asia, but poaching and habitat destruction ... While the Caspian tiger is gone, scientists hope to introduce a close relative, the Amur tiger, to take ...

But he knew that the chances of seeing a tiger in daylight were slim. Of the 300 or so Amur tigers left in the wild - under constant pressure from poaching and forest destruction - no more than 12 ...

The project aims to further strengthen Amur tiger/ leopard habitat protection through anti-poaching efforts and environmental education, but also to bolster local capacity for fire-fighting ...

It is estimated there are only about 600 Amur tigers remaining in the wild. Their number declined due to ecological destruction, poaching and other reasons, and the species is listed as endangered ...

Over the past fifty years, the population of wild Amur tigers in Northeast China has declined from an estimated 200 to 20 today, due to massive pressure from deforestation, economic development, and ...

Due to war, poaching, habitat loss, and overall instability, their population has been decimated. It's estimated that there are fewer than 600 Siberian tigers left in the wild.