Fake tiger attacks could hit tourism in the Far East. 

The CEO of the Amur Tiger Center expressed this opinion in a long interview with PrimaMedia. Sergei AramilevHe believes an information war is being waged against endangered animals, citing as an example a neural network-generated video of a tiger attacking a man clearing snow from his car. According to the Center's director, this creates a false image of the animal, portraying it as a killer and antagonizing people. Such fake news could harm ecotourism by creating fear in people about traveling to the Far East. 

"People are being told: don't go to the forest for a vacation because tigers await you in the Far East, sharks in the sea, brown bears in Siberia, polar bears in the Arctic, snow leopards in Altai, and bears and bison in the Caucasus, and everything at once," Aramilev reasons. "Every region can come up with its own scary predator."

Despite animal rights activists' claims, there are instances of actual aggression by endangered predators. Since the beginning of 2026 alone, nine tigers have been captured in Primorsky Krai for attacking livestock near villages. Nearly all of them had gunshot wounds or mechanical injuries inflicted by humans.

According to official data, there are approximately 750 Amur tigers (listed in the Red Data Book) living in Primorye. And the number of those killed by humans is rapidly growing, says Aramilev. He believes this is also a consequence of the information campaign being waged against tigers.