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 ...

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 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 ...

In the far east of Russia, a population of around 500 Amur tigers persists, occupying a fragment of its former land. Under threat from habitat loss and poaching, these tigers are close to extinction.