Amur Tiger paper mask

The Amur Tiger Centre is an autonomous non-commercial organization established for preservation and researching the Amur tiger population. It was founded in July of 2013 by the Russian Geographic Society at the initiative of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir. At the end of March 2020, this center teamed up with PolygonalPaper (a company that produces paper models in Russia) to issue a free paper minimalist tiger mask to attract more people's interest. about the Amur tiger.

The Amur tiger, Panthera tigris altaica also known as the Siberian tiger, is one of the largest cats in the world.  The most recent IUCN Red List assessment published in 2022, estimated the population at 265–486 in the Russian Far East with a further small number ranging across the border into China and possibly North Korea.

In the 1940s, it was on the brink of extinction with fewer than 50 individuals remaining in the wild. This was due to decades of almost continual political instability with the Russian Revolution and the formation of the Soviet Union.

In 1947 after WW2, Russia became the first country to ban tiger hunting and offer tigers full protection. Hunting of the main prey species, boar and deer, became restricted by annual quota based on the results of population counts. Poaching of tigers became relatively rare, because there was no market for skins and other tiger products, although hunters on occasion killed their “competitor” when an opportunity presented itself.

Amur tigers are one of the larger tiger subspecies.  The average weight for males is 160-190 kg, while females are smaller, at 110-130 kg. Gestation last 3 to 3 1/2 months, litter size is 1-6, however, 2-4 is the most common. In the wild, they can live between 10-15 years, but in captivity, they live nearer to 20 years old.

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