News articles tagged with 'Amur'
Amur tigers threatened by economic crisis
— 24 Apr 2009 15:58 | EnvironmentLoggers in Russia's Far East increasingly are cutting down Korean cedar pine, raising concerns that the endangered Amur tiger could lose critical habitat and its prey could lose a major... — full story
Skin of rare Amur leopard discovered in car
— 21 Apr 2009 12:51 | EnvironmentPolice are investigating the killing of an Amur Leopard - one of the rarest animals on earth with only a few dozen left in the wild - after officers discovered the skin of an adult... — full story
Tracking the elusive Amur tiger by foot, ski, and snowmobile
— 10 Mar 2009 15:58 | EnvironmentResearchers in the Russian Far East are tracking the elusive Amur tiger by foot, ski, and snowmobile this month to better understand the endangered species... — full story
Amur leopards benefit from Russian conservation concession
— 22 Oct 2008 11:32 | EnvironmentFor the first time ever, a partnership between WWF and a for-profit timber company have been awarded a 'conservation concession' to restore approximately 10 percent of the critically... — full story
Vladimir Putin collars Dr Darman's tiger
— 3 Sep 2008 14:42 | EnvironmentThe Amur tiger has leapt into the headlines with former Russian president Vladimir Putin shooting a tiger with a tranquillising gun in Russia's far east, before tagging the tiger with... — full story
A new national park for Russian tigers
— 1 Jan 2008 15:40 | EnvironmentEndangered northern Amur tigers have received a boost to their protection through the creation of a new national park in Khabarovsk province, located in the Russian Far East. The Russian... — full story
Critically endangered female Amur leopard captured
— 23 Oct 2007 04:00 | BiologyA rare Amur leopard (Panthera pardus orientalis), one of only an estimated 30 left in the wild has been captured and health-checked by experts from a consortium of conservation organisations,... — full story
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