Endangered Amur tigress with two cubs born in the wild is at risk from poachers.
The rare Amur tigress was saved from starvation more than a year ago after she was orphaned when poachers killed her mother.
Amur tigress orphaned in 2012 and released after rehabilitation a year later pictured with her cubs in Bastak Nature Reserve.
The rare predator learns to hunt in the rehabilitation centre, and the first lessons are hard.
The rare predator was caught after weeks of wandering into a village in Russian Far East.
New director Andrey Gorban, 47, on the challenges of modernising one of Siberia's favourite zoos, and dealing with his tapir's tantrums.