Another success in major operation to clamp down on illegal batches of luxury food during fishing season in Siberia.
In separate case, members of a 'bird mafia' illegally snaring and exporting Red Book hawks and falcons to Middle East were detained in Buryatia.
Police launch probe into slaughter of protected two year old animal 'riddled with bullets'.
Macabre remains of six slaughtered polar bears, 'beheaded with their skins removed', now under criminal investigation.
Baby big cat was only four or five months old, sparking concern for the animal’s mother and any siblings.
The Amur cubs were specially trained to cope after being raised in Zhelundinsky Nature Reserve.
The rare predator was caught after weeks of wandering into a village in Russian Far East.
The male big cat's death is 'extremely dangerous' for the species, warns an expert.
Concern is growing over poaching of the 'secretive' manul wild cat - also known as Pallas's Cat.
WWF starts project to breed Amur leopards and released them in the wild.