Assiniboine Park Zoo has a new cat for visitors to see. Volga is a two-year-old Amur tiger, transferred to Winnipeg from the Granby Zoo in Granby, Quebec.

"Volga is a very healthy and happy tiger, and she's adjusted quite well to her new habitat," said Gary Lunsford, head of zoological operations at Assiniboine Park Zoo in a news release.

"All of our tigers are particularly active in the winter and she's certainly enjoying the snow so it's a great time to come visit," he said.

Volga was transferred to Winnipeg as part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Species Survival Plan program which seeks to sustain threatened or endangered species. Volga, an Amur tiger, is no stranger to snow. Her species is native to northern habitats in Russia, China, and the Korean Peninsula. (Assiniboine Park Zoo)

Amur tigers, also called Siberian tigers are native to the Russian far east, northern China and the Korean peninsula, according to World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

The tigers were heavily poached and in the 1940s their numbers dwindled to just 40. Conservation efforts have increased the Amur tiger population to about 540 individuals today, according to the WWF, but the species remains endangered.

The Assiniboine Park Zoo said it is currently participating in more than 50 breeding programs in partnership with other zoos to maintain a genetically diverse pool of threatened or endangered species, like Amur tigers.

As part of the Species Survival Plan, Assiniboine Park Zoo will be sending Kovo, one of its two-year-old snow leopard cubs to a zoo in Japan next week.

The Assiniboine Park Zoo invites visitors to see Volga daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.