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China, Harbin, Tiger Research Centre,

... who says the tigers do not love to cuddle?

 

In the 1980s, the "King of the Forest" was listed as one of the first-class national protected animals of China, to preserve this valuable species, the Siberian.

The Park is occupying an area of 1,440 million square meters, providing a gigantic space full natural environment in different areas in the park, approximately 20 minutes by car northeast out of the city at the Song Bei District. The main purpose of the tiger park is significant research with positive results to avoid the extinction of this majestic species.

 

The world's largest breeding centre for Siberian tigers, also known as Amur tigers, in Northeast China is in the process of releasing captive-bred big cats into the wild to restore the population of one of the world's most endangered species. Less than 500 Siberian tigers are supposed to live in the wild, mainly in East Russia, Northeast China & northern parts of Korean.

 

In 1986, China began a captive breeding program, at that time, the Hengdaohezi feline breeding centre in the suburbs of Harbin, had only eight tigers, but today it is home to more than 1,000.

 

After 32 years, there is a fourth generation of captive-bred tigers & the centre has strict measures to prevent inbreeding, the databases include family trees for each tiger.

 

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