An Amur tigress named Ldinka has given birth to cubs in the Lazovsky Sanctuary in the Primorye Territory. Their trails were found in areas that she frequents.

Researchers noticed that the tigress had not had cubs for a long time, but last spring camera traps revealed that she was pregnant. In winter they will try to learn more about her cubs.

Female Amur tigers can have from one to five cubs, but usually have two to three. Pregnancy lasts for three or four months. They try to keep their cubs in safe, difficult-to-access places where other predators will not see them: dense bushes, caves and rock cracks.

Cubs spend the first few years of their lives with their mother, who hunts with them until they reach puberty. Then young tigers separate from their mother but continue living on her territory.