ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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(03-08-2023, 08:24 PM)Apex Titan Wrote: A very healthy, 200 kg male Amur tiger that was regularly killing dogs and entering human settlements was captured, weighed and released a few days ago in the Primorye region.

Tiger on the loose: a predator that frightened the inhabitants of Primorye was released into the taiga

6 March 2023

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Today, the entire Primorsky Territory breathed a sigh of relief. There they caught a dangerous killer, a 200-kilogram tiger, who terrorized the population for almost a year. He has dozens of victims. But as soon as the predator was caught, he was photographed and taken away from the settlements. Now the Red Book animal will be tracked using a GPS collar.

On the trail of an elusive predator

This dangerous predator was caught throughout Primorsky Krai. For more than a year, he kept several settlements at bay, where he constantly came. Here is a predator walking by the hockey rink, here it is chasing someone, running past a person. The tiger always avoided special traps, and domestic dogs became its main prey.

News report and video of the tiger's capture:






Last winter, the tiger killed 27 dogs, and seven more this year. Luckily, no locals have ever crossed paths of the predator. Otherwise it could have ended in tragedy.

The owner of the taiga turned out to be so big that he could hardly fit into the carriage. The sliding sunroof nearly pinched his ear. Before releasing the tiger into the taiga, it was examined at a rehabilitation center for wild animals. This is also a whole operation.

How did you manage to catch a 200-kilogram tiger

The rifle is loaded with sleeping pills. A few minutes later, the tiger falls asleep, and several people on a stretcher carry him to the medical room. The predator is weighed - exactly 200 kilograms.

Even in a sleeping state, a huge tiger with bared fangs looks intimidating. The veterinarians took an X-ray of the paw that fell into the trap. This is such a gentle trap - after it there is swelling, but the bone is not injured.

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"Nothing, everything is fine, it's a soft fabric," says the specialist.

After the medical examination, the tiger is loaded back into the box. This time the nose was in danger, but nothing happened.

The owner of the taiga is free

SUVs made their way for several hours into the wilds of the taiga, so that the tiger would definitely not reach the settlement from here. We arrived only in the morning. And here it is, the most crucial moment - the tiger is released into the wild.


“It is 50–80 kilometers to the nearest settlement. This is where the tiger will feel good, fine, and, moreover, he will find a girlfriend here,” says Alexei Surovy, First Deputy Minister of Forestry and Hunting of the Primorsky Territory.

The tiger was given a special collar, just like the rest of the inhabitants of the taiga ever caught. Beacons show the routes of predators. There are no other males in this area, so the tiger should have enough food, and he will not return to settlements.   

https://ren.tv/longread/1082087-tigra-na...li-v-taigu


“Catching by the paw with special traps, although it is the safest way, can still injure the animal. The tiger is over 5 years old and weighs 200 kg, which is more than average. With such dimensions, the risk of injury when falling into a trap increases. With this in mind, it was decided to examine the paw, including using x-rays. Examination showed that the paw was without damage, the edema, which is inevitable during catching, was asleep and everything returned to normal. No other injuries or diseases were found, - clarifies Sergey Aramilev . — Such healthy, literally and figuratively, tigers have never been delivered to a rehabilitation center. For adult animals, getting into an aviary is always a risk, so it was decided to release it back into the forest.”

Read the full report here:

http://amur-tiger.ru/ru/press_center/news/1820/

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Sergey Aramilev (on the right) measuring the tiger:

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Great information! I will add this new male to the tables of the Amur tigers. After soooooo many years, I think is time to update them.

By the way, the article says 200 kg, but the image shows 206.4 kg. This shows that news articles normally quote round numbers. So I will quote the figure as in the actual video when the tiger is weighed, which by the way, is empty belly. Reply