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

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PANTHERA TIGRIS ALTAICA - 5 - THE SITUATION IN CHINA (a), CONFLICTS BETWEEN HUMANS AND TIGERS (b), AND TIGER BORIS ©

5a - China

The Russian Far East had about 550 tigers in March 2015. China has about 25-30 Amur tigers today. The Chinese want them to stay and repopulate suited parts of northeastern China. For this reason, research and conservation have priority. The Chinese also cooperate with the Russians. If all goes well, a large new national park will be created in a few years.

This site has good information about Amur tigers and Amur leopards in northeastern China:  

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267307640_Tracking_the_Amur_tiger_of_China-Russia_borderlands

In this newspaper article, you'll find a bit more about the way Amur tigers and Amur leopards are monitored in northeastern China. It also has information about the national park that will be created in a few years:

http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2018-02/08/c_136960008.htm

5b - Conflicts between tigers and humans

Compared to India, Nepal and Bangla Desh, conflicts between tigers and humans in the Russian Far East and China are few and far between. In this recent report, you'll find good information about the situation in 2017:

https://conservewildcats.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2018/02/Final-report_edited-for-web.pdf

On this older site (Jeffrey Hays, last edited in 2016), you'll find more about the situation in the period 1970-2015 (roughly):

 http://factsanddetails.com/russia/Nature_Science_Animals/sub9_8e/entry-5082.html

The Russian site is by far the best and most informative about the situation today:

http://programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news#

5c - Tiger Boris

Boris, also known als 'Putins tiger', made headlines when he returned to the wild a few years ago. He did very well in the department of wild boars and bears. I found these photographs a few weeks ago. Boris, now a young adult, is still going strong:

http://programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/multimedia/photos/59837 Reply