Stories: Endangered Species

• Vladimir Putin’s Tiger Is Lost in China

  by Keating, Joshua | Russia | October 13, 2014

  If you happen to be traipsing about China’s Heilongjiang province and come across a lost-looking Siberian tiger, the Kremlin would like it back. Kuzya, a tiger that was personally released back into the wild by Russian President Vladimir Putin, has caused something of an international incident by wading across the Amur River that separates Russia...

• How to Greet a Mountain Gorilla

  by Robbins, Ed | Rwanda | June 20, 2012

  Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park is home to more than 480 critically endangered mountain gorillas. As part of an effort by the Rwanda Tourist Board to combine tourism and conservation, the park now offers gorilla tours. For around $500, visitors can spend an hour up close and personal with a clan of mountain gorillas. Proceeds from the tours fund further conservation...