Three Amur tiger cubs were met by motorists in the Anuchinsky region of Primorye. Now the circumstances of this meeting are being checked by the hunting supervision officers, the Amur Tiger Center reports on its Instagram page.
The published footage shows how little tiger cubs sit by the side of the road in the headlights of a passing car and are not at all afraid of it.
Meanwhile, according to Deputy Minister of Forestry Alexei Surovyi, a tigress can leave her cubs unattended for up to 20 days. And the cubs, left to themselves, can go out on the road, to people.
According to the ministry, 161 cases of conflict situations with predators were registered in Primorye in the past year. About 80 of them happened to tigers.
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The Amur tiger is one of the rarest predators on the planet. According to scientists, a little more than 600 individuals now live on the territory of the Russian Federation.
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