The organisers of the 16th Best Letter Writing national competition of children’s letters have selected this year’s winners from among 80,000 entries.

Over 5,000 letters were submitted in the “I have an Amur Tiger in my House” category. The list of winners in the rare cat category is published on the Amur Tiger Centre website.

The annual national competition is held by Russian Post, Lomonosov Moscow State University, the Communication Workers Union of Russia, and the Uchitelskaya Gazeta newspaper.