HARBIN, March 26 (Xinhua) -- A wild Siberian tiger has been spotted at a farm in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province, which was captured by a farmer with his cell phone.
Mao Lijie, a rice farmer, came across the tiger at around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Yaluhe Farm.
"I was driving by with my son when we found a large animal lying near the road. We didn't realize it was a tiger until we stopped our vehicle," said Mao, who then shot a 14-second clip of the tiger.
According to the clip provided to Xinhua, the tiger stood behind a short bush on the other side of the roadside ditch before roaming back into the woods when a truck ran by.
Mao then called the police. The farm has warned people to keep alert, and the local forest animal protection department has patrolled at night to protect the safety of both nearby people and the wild animal.
Siberian tigers, otherwise known as Amur or Manchurian tigers, mainly live in eastern Russia, northeast China and the northern part of the Korean Peninsula. Data shows that only hundreds of wild Siberian tigers are living in the world.
