In Primorye, a driver on a dirt road at night hit an Amur tiger cub, listed in the Red Book. The Regional Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation reports that the police are checking the incident.
According to information, the driver, a man born in 1986, was driving a Toyota Corona car on the Kievka-Lazo highway when a tiger cub ran onto the road from the forest. This took the driver by surprise, and after the incident he left the scene, but reported the incident to the police.
The accident occurred at night on an unlit section of a dirt road. The police and representatives of the Directorate for the Protection of Wildlife arrived at the scene.
The tiger cub died, his body was sent for biomedical research. The police are checking, and a decision will be made in accordance with the law.
The driver was issued an administrative protocol under the article «Failure to perform duties in connection with an accident.»
The Amur tiger is one of the rarest predators on the planet and is included in the International Red Book. In Russia, they live on the territory of the Primorsky and Khabarovsk Territories, the Amur Region and the Jewish Autonomous Region. According to records, there are about 750 Amur tigers in Russia, including cubs.