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Sat 04 Apr 2007Amur tiger bounds back from brink of extinction, says WWFRUSSIA:After a century in which its numbers have dwindled to the point of extinction, the Amur tiger, the largest cat in the world, has made an improbable recovery. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), the tiger's population is at its highest level for 100 years.The latest census of the tiger, which hides in an isolated region near the Chinese border, shows there are between 480 and 520 animals surviving in the wild.