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China is increasing its efforts in protecting the increasing number of Siberian tigers being spotted traversing the border between China and Russia.
Heilongjiang Province local police force have started a campaign to disable and remove poachers' traps located in the forests by the border.
Lan Xu, a member of the police force, said that even though the traps are not intended to incapacitate the Siberian tigers, they remain a grave threat to the life of the endangered animals.
Also known as Amur tigers, Siberian tigers have been leaving traces on the northeastern part of China. Recently, one Siberian tiger released into the wild by Russian President Vladimir Putin was reported roaming China's border.
Wang Jianqiang, a co-worker of Lan, said that they are also taking part in the protection efforts for the endangered tigers by informing locals of the efforts through brochures and explanation of the negative effects of poaching.
Recently, local authorities in northeast China reported to have found a Siberian tiger's traces in a tree farm about 160 kilometers near the city of Harbin. A villager reported that one of his cows was gravely injured and a calf's body was found with injuries from, according to officials, a Siberian tiger.
The Siberian tiger is one of the rarest species in the world. The species mainly reside in the eastern parts of Russia, northern parts of the Korea Peninsula and northeastern parts of China.
Only about 500 of the said rare tigers are said to be roaming in the wild.
