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A tigress roaming in the Krasnoarmeysky County area in northern Primorye seems to be attacking passing cars in revenge for a cub which was killed by a vehicle, environmentalists said.

The tigress holding a dead cub in her jaws was spotted in early December by locals who invited ‘Tiger’ Inspectorate specialists to the area.

Vitaly Starostin, deputy head of the ‘Tiger’ Inspectorate, an organization which is directly responsible for handling all tiger-related situations in the region, arrived in Krasnoarmeysky County on December 3 to assess the situation. Starostin issued a warning for all motorists driving in that area not to stop and get out of their vehicles. The tigress behaves aggressively towards cars and may attack people if they stop, he said.

‘Tiger’ Inspectorate specialists said they tried to scare the tigress away but so far their efforts have been unsuccessful. However, they assured residents that the tigress would leave the area in several days on her own.

According to environmentalists, the current population of Amur Tigers in the Primorye and Khabarovsk territories numbers to about 450 tigers.