The Amur tiger population in Russia's Far East has recovered from near-extinction through intensive protection, but welfare challenges from poaching, prey depletion, and human conflict persist.
Poached tigers are killed using traps or poison, causing severe suffering before death. Cubs whose mothers are killed starve or are captured for illegal trade. Road strikes cause traumatic injury — injured tigers sometimes enter villages increasing human-wildlife conflict. Prey depletion (Manchurian wapiti, sika deer, wild boar) from hunting forces tigers to livestock depredation, triggering retaliatory conflict. Rehabilitated tigers at the Amur Tiger Centre require years of care before release readiness.