Amur Tigers

[Nyers]

(05-22-2021, 08:11 AM)Ursus Wrote: So as you guys can see, Seryodkin never heard of this story. Now you guys might say that TSTP was from 1992-2013, but Seryodkin is not retired and still has plenty of contacts in the Russian far east, so most likely, if an adult male brown bear was killed by a tiger, you can bet your bottom dollar that Seryodkin would know about it. Do i have a good point? Add that to the fact that as you saw in the email, he said that Batalov's account is not a scientific article and should not be refered to. So as reliable and good as Batalov might be, his account is not "peer reviewed" as other biologists or authorities never heard of it. Do i have a point?

Bottom line is guys, the account is unconfirmed.

Ussurisky Nature Reserve, Anyuysky National Park, Bolshekhekhtsirsky Nature Reserve, Botcha Nature Reserve, Land of the Leopard National Park, Khekhtsir State Nature Reserve, Sikhote-Alin Nature Reserve, Lazovsky Nature Reserve, Kedrovaya Pad Nature Reserve, Komsomolsk Nature Reserve, Udegeyskaya Legenda National Park, Khingan Nature Reserve and etc. these are places where you can meet both tigers and bears. And this is without taking into account such places as Durmin, whose territory is not part of any of these reserves. And now the question: in how many reserves did Seryodkin do his researches? I may be wrong, but as far as I know, it is only in Sikhote Alin Nature Reserve.
Your assumption that Seryodkin is the main expert on large predators in the entire Russian Far East, and his opinion is primacy over the opinion of any other specialist, is erroneous. Because the area of his research covers only a small part of the habitat of the brown bear, amur tiger, ussuri black bear in this part of Russia. It seems that you have a very simplified idea of how scientific and environmental activities are organized in the Russian Far East.
A huge number of organizations, institutions, scientists, rangers, volunteers are involved in the process of studying, protecting, preserving, rescuing, creating conditions for introduction, reintroduction, etc.: Wildlife Conservation Society, International Fund for Animal Welfare, Russian Geographical Society, Institute of Ecology and Evolution A.N. Severtsov, Pacific Institute of Geography, All-Russian Research Institute of Hunting Economy and Animal Breeding named after V.I. B.M. Zhitkova, The Center for Rehabilitation and Reintroduction of Tigers and Other Rare Animals, Research center for rare and endangered species of animals and plants "Krasnaya kniga", "Phoenix" Foundation, The Amur tiger center, scientists and researchers like Rozhnov, Aramilev, Gaponov, Darman, Dunishenko, Zhuravlev, Kostyrya, Krever, Lukarevskiy, Naydenko, Pikunov, Seryodkin and etc. If you delve into this topic, then this list can be very long.
I want to say that in different habitats of large predators living in the Far East of Russia, different organizations and people are responsible. And the opinion that one person can own all the information about the cases taking place in such a vast territory is ridiculous.
The incident with this tiger occurred at the northern border of the amur tigers habitat, and Sikhote Alin is located in the southern part. If you are really interested in finding out the truth, then you should have asked your questions to Aramilev because his "Amur Tiger" Center works in this area. Reply