Chinese media said a rare Siberian tiger released into the wild by Russian President Vladimir Putin has attacked a henhouse in northeastern China, raising concerns that farmers may hunt it down.
The official Xinhua News Agency said the animal known as Kuzya was believed to have eaten five chickens in a raid on a farm in Heilongjiang province's Luobei county over recent days.
Xinhua didn't said how Kuzya was identified as the culprit, although she had been fitted with a tracking device that earlier alerted Russian experts of her crossing the border into China.
The 19-month-old cub was one of three Siberian tigers released by Putin in a remote part of the Amur region in May.
