KHABAROVSK, January 14. /TASS/ A debilitated Amur tigress that was found and saved in Russia’s Far Eastern Khabarovsk Territory has been taken to a rehabilitation center for wild animals, the regional ministry of natural resources said on Thursday.

The tigress aged from five to six was found on a byroad three kilometers of the village of Pokrovka. "She was critically debilitated, with her paws, tail and ears being frostbitten," it said, adding that the tiger was taken to the Utyos rehabilitation center for wild animals in the settlement of Kutuzovka.

Set up in 1991, the Center has an area of 5,200 hectares. It has spacious enclosures to offer shelter to wild animals in distress - bears, tigers, wild boars, elks, and the like. After rehabilitation, the animals are released in the wild, in case they are adapted for independent life.

Amur tigers, also called Siberian tigers, the world’s biggest tiger species, live primarily in Russia’s Far Eastern territories. These tigers are included in the Red List of Endangered Species. As of today, from 550 to 580 Amur tigers, or 95% of the global population, live in the wilds of Russia.