Bad kitty: Amur tiger runs off with wildlife photographer’s camera trap in Russia
VLADIVOSTOK, Aug 17 — An Amur tiger in Primorye, Russia’s Far East, snatched a camera trap se...
Vladivostok, August 17 — A rare Amur tiger in Russia's Far East has made off with a camera trap belonging to German photographer Sascha Fonseca, as captured in a video by the Amur Tiger Centre. The incident occurred in a cave within the Lazovsky Nature Reserve, one of four regions in Russia where these majestic predators reside.
Fonseca, a multiple international photo competition winner, lost his expensive gear when the tiger snatched it and carried it away to an unknown destination. The Amur tiger, listed as a threatened species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, has an estimated population of around 750 individuals, including cubs, in Russia.
Fonseca, known for his work with endangered species, recently captured footage of a newly identified Amur leopard in the Land of the Leopard National Park in 2024.
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