Amur tigers are the world's largest felid and require extensive space, enrichment, and careful management to meet their welfare needs in captive settings.
Amur tiger welfare in zoos requires large complex enclosures that provide meaningful exercise opportunities for the world's largest felid. Exhibits must provide opportunities for natural predatory behavior expression through prey-item enrichment, swimming features for heat management and behavioral enrichment, varied terrain with natural substrate, and retreat areas providing visual privacy from visitors. Social management must accommodate their largely solitary nature. Amur tigers represent an important conservation success story that well-managed zoo populations contribute to through genetic banking and public conservation education.