Rare Amur tigress is back to nature after a year at rehabilitation centre
18 May 2021
Sanda is filmed leaping to freedom in a secure location in Russian Far East.
Sanda, one of the world s rarest big cats, pictured on the day she was re-introduced back to nature in the Far East of Russia. Picture: Centre TIger
The stunning young predator has started new life today in the freedom of the woods of vast Amur region, nearly 1500km away from the rehabilitation centre outside Vladivostok that saved her life.
Sanda was rescued as an emaciated nine-month-old cub at the end of May 2020.