These two sisters arrived at Port Lympne Reserve from Berlin in 2018. Amba has a fairly calm personality, unlike Amura who is definitely the boss of the two - especially at feed time! They can usually be found on top of their shelter or patrolling their territory.
Your Adoption Really Helps
By adopting an Aspinall animal, you are helping to support our amazing overseas work and back to the wild campaigns.
What's included in your adoption?
Digital pack £25
Digital adoption pack including photocard and fact sheet about your chosen animal written by the expert team at The Aspinall Foundation.
Certificate of adoption
Adoption pack will be sent straight to your inbox
Printed pack £35
18cm cuddly toy
Adoption folder including photocard and fact sheet about your chosen animal written by the expert team at The Aspinall Foundation.
Certificate of adoption
Please allow up to 14 days for delivery
Please Note: Automatic name generation is currently unavailable for Digital adoptions certificates. These will be left blank for the purchaser or recipient to enter. For Printed Adoptions please providethe recipients name and it will be manually entered when you order is processed.
Fun Facts about Amur Tigers
The Amur tiger, also known as the Siberian tiger, is the largest of the big cats. In the 1940s, they were on the brink of extinction with fewer than 50 wild individuals left. In 1947 the Russian government banned tiger hunting and the wild population began to slowly recover. Today, there are roughly 500 wild individuals living in Russia, China and possibly North Korea. North-East Asia’s Amur (Heilong) river basin is home to many Amur Tigers with its wealth of biodiversity has some of the world’s most intact and extensive temperate forests.
Amur tigers were historically thought to be solitary animals. It is now known that males stay with females and cubs, presumably for protection for long periods of time.
Most of the remaining wild amur tigers can be found in the northern forests of Russia as these forests have the lowest human density of any other habitat in the world for tigers. The eastern birch forests also give tigers more room to roam and provides a complete ecosystem for them to thrive.
How we're helping
These animals at Port Lympne Reserve are not currently candidates for rewilding.
