The Amur tiger
*Today we often hear disappears as a particular kind of animal, some animals now no, but once, for example, 10 -15 years ago, we can see them. Mankind threatens the survival of animals and birds. People rarely think about the threat to animal life. And it is very discouraging. And what will happen in 20, 30 years? What will we leave for our grandchildren?
*The Amur tiger is one of the smallest tiger subspecies, the most Northern tiger. Listed in the Red book of the International Union for conservation of nature and the Red book of the Russian Federation.
*The range of this tiger is concentrated in a protected area in South-Eastern Russia, on the banks of the rivers Amur and Ussuri rivers in the Khabarovsk and Primorskaya. Most of all Amur tigers are common in the foothills of the Sikhote-Alin in Lazovsky district of Primorye
*At the end of XIX century annually produced up to 100 animals, and in 1912 — about 60 individuals. The number of predator declined until about 1940, when, presumably, there are only 30 — 40 individuals. In 1958 -59, it accounted for about 100 individuals
*. According to 2005 data, the population of Amur tiger in the South of the Russian Far East was 423 -502 individuals. In April 2013, the number of tigers in the far East was estimated at 450 individuals. In zoos around the world for the year 2007 there were more than 450 tigers
* The Amur tiger is the Lord of vast territories, the area of which the female is 300 -500 km 2, and the male — 600 -800 km 2. If the limits of their possessions feed enough, tiger does not leave its territory. With a lack of game increases the number of attacks by tigers on livestock and dogs. The Amur tiger is active at night. Males lead solitary lives while females are often found in groups. Tigers greet each other with special sounds formed by exhaling air through the nose and mouth. The signs are expressions of friendliness are also touch noses.
*The Amur tiger is listed in the Red book of Russia. In April 2007, experts from the world wildlife Fund (WWF) announced that the population of Amur tigers has reached a century high and that the tiger is no longer on the verge of extinction
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