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

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( This post was last modified: 06-23-2017, 06:40 AM by peter )

PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA 7


7a - The AMUR TIGER PROGRAMME

Before returning to tigers and bears, I decided to post a bit more about the Amur Tiger Programme (ATP). 

As far as I know, there are now two organisations active in the Russian Far East: the Siberian Tiger Project (STP) and the Amur Tiger Programme (ATP).

The Siberian Tiger Project was started in 1992. Although many excellent Russian researchers participated, the Miquelles, Kerleys, Goodriches and Schleiers in particular featured. One reason was a lot of reports. Another was airplay (referring to a number of documentaries and books). They're still going strong. 

The Amur Tiger Project was started in 2008. It's an all-Russian project and it strongly supported by the Russian government. Although mainly directed at research and creating new reserves, developing awareness in Russia is an important goal as well. Based on what I read and saw, I'd say it has succeeded in many ways already.     

Some years ago, I contacted the STP about the cooperation with the ATP. They said it was excellent.   

Have a look at the last two pages in particular. A tigress with cubs needed 900 square km. to survive. Her territory was 9-12 times as large as in India! What more do you need to know about habitat and prey depletion?

In spite of that, I think the commitment to improve the situation has had significant results. Amur tigers now have 160 000 square km. at their disposal and the number of wild tigers is slowly rising. In spite of the tough circumstances (abandoned and/or starving cubs and youngsters are still quite common), Amur tigers, in contrast to Indian tigers, seldom attack humans. Remarkable.  

The next step is improving the conditions. In Russia, this means getting to a settlement with hunters (the number of large prey animals is limited), increasing the number of rangers and adapting legislation. Poaching is far from over (see the previous posts).

So much for the introduction.

Here's the info on the Amur Tiger Programme from their site. I don't like copy and paste, but in this case it couldn't be avoided. It's a bit of a read, but it's well-written, clear and interesting:    



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And here, to finish the post, is the link to the site of the Amur Tiger Programme. It's updated at regular intervals:

http://programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news#
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RE: ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris) - peter - 06-23-2017, 06:34 AM
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