Novel approach to help recovery of leopard and tiger numbers in the Russian Far East.
The poaching, trade, transportation and possession of endangered animals is to be made a criminal offence in Russia.
With as few as 70 left in the wild, evidence of poachers targeting species is likely to be a concern.
Amur leopard Killy - one of only 80 in the wild - was struck by a car last year, but new pictures show her alive and thriving.
Endangered big cats - a mother and two cubs - frolic in front of the lens, before stopping the show by removing the memory card with paw.
Footprints of the world’s biggest cat found in Yakutia, the planet’s coldest permanently inhabited region.
Kitten is one of the world’s rarest big cats, with only 91 known adults surviving in the wild.
Rescue effort underway to provide emergency feeding sites for the helpless animals, with the wild boar population also in trouble.
Plans to remove barbed wire from migration route would allow safe passage and help boost numbers of tigers and leopards.
North Korea urged to join Russia and China in fixing reliable numbers for Amur big cats.