A female cub aged between three and four months old got one of its paws caught in an illegal trap, set by poachers to catch badgers in the woods of the Dalnerechensky district of Primorsky region.
Luckily a local resident noticed the trapped cub, and reported it to wildlife protection authorities.
The site where the cub was found was a ‘badger town’, a multi-level system of badger holes and tunnels with 11 traps - prohibited by Russian hunting rules - set all around it.
Traces of the mother tiger were all around the site, rescuers said.
The adult tigress must have been trying to help the cub, and only left the site when she heard people coming.
She stayed nearby all the time, not attacking the humans freeing her cub.
The team of local wildlife protection experts sedated the young tigress and released her paw.
The trap pulled off one of the front claws, causing minor injuries - most likely the cub got them when trying to free herself.
No health or life-threatening wounds were found, so the rescuers decided to leave the Amur tigress in the wild.
The Amur (Siberian) is the world’s largest big cat.
About 600 grown up animals - 95% of the world population - live in Primorsky and Khabarovsk regions, the Amur region and the Jewish Autonomous region in the Far East of Russia.
Visit Amur Tiger Center: https://bit.ly/3vNRkkR
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Source: Siberian Times, Amur Tiger Center, Pexels
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Luckily a local resident noticed the trapped cub, and reported it to wildlife protection authorities.
The site where the cub was found was a ‘badger town’, a multi-level system of badger holes and tunnels with 11 traps - prohibited by Russian hunting rules - set all around it.
Traces of the mother tiger were all around the site, rescuers said.
The adult tigress must have been trying to help the cub, and only left the site when she heard people coming.
She stayed nearby all the time, not attacking the humans freeing her cub.
The team of local wildlife protection experts sedated the young tigress and released her paw.
The trap pulled off one of the front claws, causing minor injuries - most likely the cub got them when trying to free herself.
No health or life-threatening wounds were found, so the rescuers decided to leave the Amur tigress in the wild.
The Amur (Siberian) is the world’s largest big cat.
About 600 grown up animals - 95% of the world population - live in Primorsky and Khabarovsk regions, the Amur region and the Jewish Autonomous region in the Far East of Russia.
Visit Amur Tiger Center: https://bit.ly/3vNRkkR
Music: Oh My - Patrick Patrikios
Source: Siberian Times, Amur Tiger Center, Pexels
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/patryn.worldlatestnews
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