Pittsburgh Zoo tiger cub on display in yard

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Officials at a Pennsylvania zoo say their new Amur tiger cub is ready to head into the main yard of his exhibit, after being visible to visitors only on a video monitor for several weeks.

Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium Zoo officials said the 3-month-old cub made his initial appearance in the yard today. The cub had been on video with his mother since he was 6 weeks old.

Amur tigers were once referred to as Siberian tigers, but they’re no longer found throughout that region. They’re named for the Amur River in far eastern Russia where nearly all the big cats are still found the wild.

Poaching and loss of habitat have reduced the Amur tiger population to about 400 in the wild.