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| Brooke, J. | |
| Siberian tiger hunt seeks to save, not shoot, the big cats | |
| 2005 Newspaper | |
In winter, the gray hills of birch, ash and oak near the Chinese border here could be Vermont: cold, leafless and seemingly empty. But then the difference can be seen marching up a hillside: fist-size prints of the Siberian tiger, the world's largest tiger species and the only one to coexist with snow. "He was hunting here yesterday morning," Dimitri G. Pikunov, a Russian biologist, said on a recent day, trusting his tracking skills sufficiently not to look over his shoulder. These powerful cats, averaging six feet in length and weighing 300 pounds, often attack from behind, silently sneaking up on their prey. "He was having trouble with the noise of the snow," added Mr. Pikunov, Russia's leading tiger specialist, studying deer tracks and then plunging his boot through the snow crust, breaking the silence of the woods. |
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