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Photos of rare Amur tiger give hope to NE China's tiger recovery efforts - 0 views

  • Photos of a rare Amur tiger, caught on film for the first time in Wangqing Nature Reserve in northeast China’s Changbai mountains, are giving hope to tiger recovery efforts in the region.
  • captured two photos of the tiger in April
  • provide evidence of the extension of the Amur tiger’s range
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  • footprints of the Amur tiger have been discovered many times in Wangqing since 2008, this is the first time that a camera trap set up in the reserve has captured photos of the rare species
  • Experts will try to identify the individual tiger photographed by comparing it with photos of Amur tigers taken previously in Hunchun.
  • Amur tigers were once widespread in northeast China
  • Estimates put the current wild Amur tiger population in Northeast China
  • between 18-24 individuals
  • The adjacent forested habitat of the Russian Far East holds more, between 430-500 tigers.
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