Northeast China home to more rare tigers, leopards

Siberian tiger and Amur leopard populations in the wild have been steadily increasing at the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park, thanks to the establishment of the national park system and the implementation of national protection policies, officials said.

Data from the park's management bureau show that the number of Siberian tigers rose to 70 and that of Amur leopards increased to 80, with the birth of 35 cubs in the past year.

The territorial range of these big cats exceeds 11,000 square kilometers, accounting for nearly 80 percent of the total area of the park, which stretches across the provinces of Jilin and Heilongjiang.