Amur Tigers

[Apex Titan]

A young male that was returned to the wild in the spring of 2022 was caught in a camera trap. Thanks to the images, experts were able to visually assess the condition of the predator and confirm the information coming from the satellite collar. The tiger is fine. 


A young tiger  was caught  in the vicinity of the village of Verkhny Pereval, Primorsky Krai, on the night of February 25-26, 2022. The predator had a lacerated wound on the front paw and one of the fangs was broken. The age of the tiger is 20-24 months.

Wounds, most likely, the tiger got on the fence made of corrugated board when dragging dogs in the village. Veterinarians sewed them up, processed them, and they healed quite quickly. The broken canine tooth was removed during a 4-hour operation.

Already in May of the same year, the male  was returned  to the wild. Upon release, he was fitted with a satellite collar that continues to function. Thanks to the data from it, all movements of the tiger are well known.

After the release, the tiger behaves calmly, does not provoke conflict situations and generally does not give cause for concern. It was known about the entry of the predator to the north of the Sikhote-Alin Reserve, but now it is possible to assess the state of the animal visually.

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*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

*This image is copyright of its original author

“Photo monitoring on the territory of the reserve is carried out all year round, which allows us to observe not only striped “with a residence permit”, but also “transit” animals from the adjacent territory. Therefore, the visit of a tiger with a satellite collar could not go unnoticed. The predator was noted once in the northern part of the reserve, in the area of the Columbe River. Obviously, he did not find a free site for himself, since this protected area is already occupied by another male, ”says the director of the Sikhote-Alin Reserve Svetlana Sutyrina .

The pictures show that the "boy" has grown noticeably. He is in excellent shape, which tells us that there are no problems with the extraction of food, even with  three fangs.

“Since 2013, 17 Amur tigers have returned to the wild. Each of them has its own story and its own destiny. This male used his second chance in the wild wisely and leads a measured “tiger life,” says Sergey Aramilev, general director of the Amur Tiger Center . “As we assumed at the time of release, where the tiger settled and spent this year, in Krasnoarmeisky and in the south of the Terneisky district, everything is in order with ungulates.”

Capture, rehabilitation and release of the tiger became possible thanks to the Administration for the Protection of Wildlife Objects and Protected Areas of Primorye, the Amur Tiger Center and the  Tigr Centre.

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