GemMan 96 Report post Posted June 7, 2013 Endangered Siberian tigers have been filmed by a BBC documentary crew. The team travelled to the Russian Far East to record the efforts of scientists working to preserve the subspecies, also known as Amur tigers. Next image | Estimates suggest there are only around 350 of the big cats remaining in the wild and 90% of them live around the Sikhote Alin mountain region, west of the Sea of Japan and east of the River Amur. The Siberian Tiger Project is primarily concerned with monitoring and maintaining the health of the tigers. This includes releasing rehabilitated animals, such as Zoluschka pictured, back into the wild with the hope of boosting the population. The research team are also on hand to directly help tigers in danger. This cub was rescued after it was found attacking a dog in a nearby town. Videos from the reserve showed the cub had two siblings and researchers launched an operation to find them. The experts reasoned that the starving cubs had lost their mother to poaching. "Between February 2012 and February 2013 we were able to document 33 tigers that were killed or removed from the wild in Russia either directly or indirectly due to poaching," says Dr Miquelle. Siberian tigers are the largest of the big cats and can reach over 3 metres long, from nose to tail. They have adapted to life in frozen landscapes, thousands of miles away from their cousins in India, China and Indonesia. Conservationists hope that studies into cub mortality and dispersal will provide essential data to help protect the next generation of the endangered tigers. 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
retlawv 3 Report post Posted July 19, 2013 it must be amazing so close to thes animals Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
