Amur the Tiger has escaped extinction

According to Itar-tass news agency, Safari zoo, Ardeche province, southern France has just welcomed two cubs of Amur at the end of December 2011. This is a rare birth in a confined situation of this near-extinct animal.

These two three-month-old tiger cubs were named after the Russian surname - the male named Yuri and the female Laika, each weighing 7kg. Currently, they are very healthy and are living with their parents in a 1,000m ² artificial stables at Safari Zoo.

Amur tigers

Yuri and Laika's parents were both born in 2008 and brought to France in 2011 as part of the European animal breeding program. Males carrying the Altai family were transferred from a zoo in England, the children carrying the family Daffi, were transferred to Ardeche from the Czech Republic.

Currently, the wild Amur tiger (or Siberian tiger) is one of the most endangered animals and recorded in Russia's Red Book. Their herds are concentrated in Russia's Primorie and Khabarov regions, where there are currently between 400 and 450 individuals. About 450 original tigers in the Far East are being preserved in zoos around the world.

Safari Zoo was founded in 1974, covering an area of ​​more than 80ha, nurturing over 1,000 individuals from 100 species of animals from all over the world. If you want to tour the entire Safari, you must go by car or walk under the glass tunnel.