Fears for three year old 'secretive' Amur leopardess named after Olympic giant Jean-Claude Killy.

Baywatch star on trip to Russian Far East visits lion saved from flooded zoo in Ussuriysk.

Environmentalists rescued the male cub after its mother apparently died in unexplained circumstances.

When this failed, Vitaly Saidov grabbed his gun and shot dead the predator to save himself and his family.

Almost poached to extinction, these pictures highlight the way the endangered species is recovering thanks to Russian preservation measures.

Shocking remains of nine beheaded brown bears slain and mutilated by poachers have been found by mushroom pickers in the Republic of Buryatia.

The Amur cubs were specially trained to cope after being raised in Zhelundinsky Nature Reserve.

Successful FSB and police operation sees birds of prey released into the wild before illegal export to Middle East.