Amur+Tiger+Michael+E

My animal is the Amur Tiger. they hail from the southeastern regions off Russia but have been known to live in China and even North Korea. Their diet consists of wild boar and dear. Females reproduce year round and give birth to up to 4 cubs at a time. Their gestation period is 103 days. Infants leave their parents at 3 years old.

There are quite a few threats against the Amur Tiger. The biggest threat against the Amur Tiger is poaching. The Tiger's part are used as ingredients in Traditional Chinese Medicines (TCM). Two other big threats against the Amur Tiger are deforestation and encroachment. Man is coming in and destroying the Tigers' habitat and using it for his own purposes such as for making more homes, creating factories for industry and such. The Amur Tiger's IUCN status is endangered which means that if we don't do something about the decline of their population then eventually they will al die out and then we won't have tigers anymore. The WWF is working with non-governmental agencies, like itself, and authorities in Russia to create a system of areas protected for Tigers. There is also finding of anti-poaching patrols in the Far East of Russia.