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Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica)

Status: Critically endangered

Description: The Amur Tiger is also known as the Siberian, Korean, or Manchurian tiger and is the largest member of the cat family, males weighing up to 750 Lbs.

Habitat Range:

They reside in mountainous taiga forest in the Russian Far East, Russia-China border, and into northeast China.

Numbers Left in the Wild: 350-400


Primary Threats:

Poaching, habitat loss and human-tiger conflict issues are the leading threats to wild Amur tigers. Illegal logging and forest fires tend to contribute to habitat loss and to the disappearance of the tiger's natural prey. Lack of natural prey causes the tigers to attack livestock, dogs, and raid garbage. Road construction into their habitat also adds to the problem of human-tiger conflict, and the brutal cycle continues.

What we are doing to help:

  • "Inspection Tiger," Phoenix Fund's project in the Russian Far East, deploys ranger teams that conduct anti-poaching patrols throughout protected park areas. They also intercept poachers trying to smuggle tigers and tiger parts out of the parks.
  • To help prevent human-tiger conflicts, Phoenix Fund published a booklet, entitled "Guidelines for human behavior and livestock management in tiger habitat." This booklet has been distributed throughout Primorye to promote peaceful tactics on how to live with Amur tigers in communities surrounding their habitats.
  • Phoenix Fund provides compensation to farmers for livestock loss due to hungry tigers in search of food.
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