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Apr 9, 2022 11:04:01 GMT -5
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Post by brobear on Apr 9, 2022 11:04:01 GMT -5
Within the next few years, any interesting news concerning interactions between tiger, wild boar, leopard, black bear, or brown bear will most likely be coming from the SIBERIAN TIGER PROJECT. Also note; biologists gather in groups to study the tiger. Without the tiger, our knowledge of the Russian wild boar, Amur leopard, the Manchurian black bear, and the Ussuri brown bear would be much less than what we have today. russia.wcs.org/en-us/projects/siberian-tiger-project.aspx programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news
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Apr 11, 2022 6:26:38 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Apr 11, 2022 6:26:38 GMT -5
The Amur Leopard is one of the rarest felines in the world. They are speedy creatures able to run up to 35 miles per hour, faster than Usain Bolt! onekindplanet.org/animal/leopard-amur/ Amazing Facts About the Amur Leopard: 1- Amur leopards have long bushy tails of 32–35 in (81–89 cm). The long length comes in handy during cold winters as they can wrap them around themselves for warmth. 2- Amur leopards, also known as Far East leopards, Manchurian leopards or Korean leopards, are found in the Russian Far East. Their range is small and confined to forests of a temperate region crossed by the Amur River, a natural boundary between China and Russia. They are the only leopard subspecies adapted to survive in both extreme snowy winter and hot summer climates. 3- Amur leopards are nocturnal so sleep during the day in cool caves or sheltered spots. 4- Amur leopards are carnivores. They are opportunistic so are not fussy eaters, but prey consists mainly of roe and sika deer, hares, wild pigs and badgers. Although, when feeling brave, they have been known to eat young black bears. 5- Food can be scarce, so if they have food left over, they may drag and hide the remains from other predators that might fancy a nibble. 6- Amur leopards have rough tongues covered in tiny hooks called denticles that are used to scrape meat off the bone of their prey. 7- Amur leopards are highly territorial and live alone, only coming together to mate. 8- Individual Amur leopards can have territories of 19–116 square miles, which is the size of 56,144 football fields. 9- Like other leopards, Amur leopards are fast and nimble. They can run at speeds of up to 37 miles per hour and leap up to 19 ft (5.8 m) horizontally. 10- In a race between Usain Bolt and an Amur leopard, there is no contest; Bolt would be left in the dust as he runs at up to 28 miles per hour. 11- Female Amur leopards start reproducing at three to four years of age. A litter of between one and four cubs is born around 12 weeks after mating. Cubs are born with their eyes closed and only begin to open them seven or eight days after birth. 12- Cubs stay with their mothers for up to two years before braving the wild alone. 13- With less than 70 left in the wild, Amur leopards are on the brink of extinction. The main threats are poaching for their fur, hunting of prey species and habitat loss due to farming development, growth of cities and human induced forest fires. The small size of the population means inbreeding is also becoming a problem. Genetic diversity is low and as such individuals are at risk from abnormalities that can impact health, reproduction and survival. 14- Amur leopards are predators, but prey choice overlaps with that of the tiger. A reduction in small prey availability, particularly in winter, puts Amur leopards at risk from tigers, who will prey on them to reduce competition for food. *What is being done to help Amur leopards? There is still hope that Amur leopards can be saved from extinction. For example, effective conservation measures in a Russian National Park have resulted in the Amur leopard population almost doubling from 30 in 2007 to 57 in 2015. The Amur Leopard and Tiger Alliance (ALTA) was set up by Russian and western conservation organisations to conserve both the Amur leopard and Amur tiger. Working across Northeast Asia, ALTA aims to co-ordinate conservation efforts of all relevant parties. Initiatives include presence of anti-poaching teams, monitoring and tracking of populations, monitoring of fires and research into firefighting techniques, production of plans that ensure land development considers Amur leopard habitats, and increasing awareness and education.
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Apr 11, 2022 6:28:44 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Apr 11, 2022 6:28:44 GMT -5
Quote from Reply #80 above: 4- Amur leopards are carnivores. They are opportunistic so are not fussy eaters, but prey consists mainly of roe and sika deer, hares, wild pigs and badgers. Although, when feeling brave, they have been known to eat young black bears.
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Apr 18, 2022 12:33:34 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Apr 18, 2022 12:33:34 GMT -5
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May 26, 2022 3:54:40 GMT -5
Post by brobear on May 26, 2022 3:54:40 GMT -5
LAND OF THE LEOPARD NATIONAL PARK IS ESTABLISHED 10 april 2012 By resolution of the government of the Russian Federation, the Land of the Leopard National Park was established on 262 thousand hectares in the southwest of Primorsky Province. This single protected territory has the capacity to ensure the survival of at least 50 Far Eastern leopards and covers 60% of its remaining habitats. And most importantly, the park includes all breeding grounds, which leopards use from generation to generation. The national park will also become home to 10 Amur tigers that are key for Changbaishan population in China and a valuable Korean pine forest. “In the past 20 years, Far Eastern leopard habitat has almost halved, and the population has become critically low and numbers just 30 animals”, says WWF-Russia CEO Igor Chestin. “We are happy that one of the key measures listed in the official Far Eastern Leopard Conservation Strategy – creation of a unified reserve for its conservation - is implemented”. 'Creation of the national park implied a lot of organizational problems, and only active and fruitful cooperation of Primorsky Province government, Ministry of natural resources and environment of the Russian Federation, and other state agencies helped implement Prime Minister’s order in such short time”, says Igor Chestin. “In 2001, WWF began a phased program for the establishment of a unified protected territory as the primary condition for the survival of the Far Eastern leopard”, says director of the Amur branch of WWF Yuri Darman. “Our public campaign ‘Save each of the survivors’ and documentary ‘Throwing out a challenge’ allowed to receive support of government leaders at the highest level. Vice-minister of the Russian Federation Sergey Ivanov took on personal responsibility for the conservation of the Far Eastern leopard and the establishment of the national park. Today we’d like to offer him a warm ‘thank you’ from man and beast alike!” The park will have a joint administration with the Kedrovaya Pad strict nature reserve. The government decision is accompanied by significant investments – 40 million rubles (about $1.3 million) are designated to the annual maintenance of the national park, and around half a billion rubles ($16.6 million) are designated for the development of its infrastructure. The national park will include several zones. The strictly protected zone covers around 30 thousand ha of the most important habitat areas on the Borisovskoe Plateau. More than 120 thousand ha along the Russia-China border will have a special management regime aimed at protecting not only the leopard but also the state border. Access to this zone will only be allowed by special permits. All farmlands, lands around towns and military territories will be included in the economic development zone (38 thousand ha), and private ownership of such areas will not be altered. The remaining forest areas (72 thousand ha) are included in the recreational zone, where development of eco-tourism is planned. The Amur branch of WWF today celebrates this unprecedented win. Twelve years of grueling work have ended with the successful establishment of the Land of the Leopard National Park! Within this 10 year old national park can also be found, along with the Amur leopard, wolves, moon bears, tigers, and brown bears.
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Jul 7, 2022 8:00:05 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Jul 7, 2022 8:00:05 GMT -5
Anti-poaching centre coming to Khabarovsk Territory 26 April 2022 programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news/26142 A regional centre to prevent poaching will be built in the village of Sosnovka, Khabarovsk Territory. The construction will be completed in August, the regional government press centre said. “The centre will open in four months to mark the international tiger summit. There will be an opening ceremony via videoconference during the summit. The centre will have everything needed for the efficient work of the Khabarovsk Territory Department of Hunting Supervision, and in September, it will be running at full capacity,” said Russian Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko, head of the Amur Tiger Centre Supervisory Board, during a working visit to Khabarovsk. The centre will have several buildings and an area of 3,700 square metres. They will be built at the former forest protection facility; the construction will be funded by the Amur Tiger Centre. The compound will also have a garage, tents for boats and snowmobiles, a repair shop, weapon rooms, storage, utility trailers and accommodation for rangers. The centre will be fitted out with equipment for monitoring tigers in their habitat. Information about illegal hunting will be promptly recorded by video cameras and sent to dispatchers. According to Vadim Saburov, deputy chairman of the regional government for natural resources and agriculture, moving the hunting supervision department from central Khabarovsk to Sosnovka will streamline the work by providing conditions for storing numerous vehicles and responding promptly to calls.
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Jul 7, 2022 8:03:01 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Jul 7, 2022 8:03:01 GMT -5
Konstantin Chuychenko: The Amur tiger is no longer at risk of extinction 27 April 2022 programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news/26143 The Amur tiger is not under threat of extinction anymore, said Russian Minister of Justice Konstantin Chuychenko, head of the Amur Tiger Centre Supervisory Board, at a meeting to discuss the conservation of Amur tigers and measures to prevent poaching. Konstantin Chuychenko, as well as Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Far Eastern Federal District Yury Trutnev and Minister for the Development of the Russian Far East and Arctic Alexei Chekunkov, arrived on a working visit in Khabarovsk, where they held a series of meetings with specialised regional services and departments together with Khabarovsk Territory Governor Mikhail Degtyaryov. “By protecting the tiger, the top of the food chain, we protect the region’s nature as a whole. Over the last seven years, Russia has made serious progress in preserving the Amur tiger. Moreover, the population has grown 30-40 percent. Hence we can confidently say that the predator is no longer at risk of extinction. Today, its habitat boasts an optimal number of 700 tigers. That is, the population has become resistant to external factors,” Konstantin Chuychenko stressed in his speech. The meeting participants noted that such a positive trend came on the back of successful work to combat poaching, among other things. “Common efforts of state bodies, public and scientific organisations are not only aimed at increasing the population and preserving the food supply and habitats, but also at curbing poaching,” Mikhail Degtyaryov believes. According to the Amur Tiger Centre’s data, the Amur tiger population has recently seen significant growth: today the Khabarovsk Territory is home to 140 tigers protected by Russia’s Red Data Book, while seven years ago there were no more than 110.
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Jul 16, 2022 0:24:45 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Jul 16, 2022 0:24:45 GMT -5
Amur tiger was released into the taiga after a three-month rehabilitation 29 May 2022 programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news/26146 The Amur tiger caught in February this year was released into the wild after three months of rehabilitation at the Tayozhny Wildlife Refuge in the Krasnoarmeisky District, Primorye Territory. The tiger had been attacking dogs close to the village of Verkhny Pereval in the Primorye Territory over a two-week period in February. The predator was caught and brought to the rehabilitation centre on 26 February this year. Specialists determined the tiger’s age, which was 20 to 24 months, and also found that one of his fangs was broken, plus, there was a ragged wound on its front paw. Sergei Aramilev, general director of the Amur Tiger Centre, explained that the tiger had recently separated from its mother and was looking for its own hunting ground. As the tiger began to lead a separate life, he encountered a snowy winter, sub-zero temperatures and the current low number of ungulates due to an outburst of the African swine fever in the tiger’s habitat. Apparently, after finding the village, the tiger started to hunt stray dogs, later attacking dogs on chains. The tiger must have sustained several injuries during his hunts. Veterinarians stitched the wound on the tiger’s paw, which soon healed, but they had to extract the fang. They dismissed the idea of replacing the tooth because the tiger’s jaw bone tissue had not matured yet. According to the specialists, there is nothing to worry about as a tiger can easily make do with three fangs to get food. “Tigers can hold their prey with their strong front paws and long claws; so to bite their prey through the vertebrae to quickly kill it, three fangs will work,” Sergei Aramilev said. “We are sure that the tiger will be able to manage on its own in the wild. Also, we have learned from practice that, in our climate, tigers over 5 years old seldom have all four fangs anyway.” The tiger’s seven successful practice hunts at the rehabilitation centre showed that it could hunt ungulates on its own. Also, it behaved towards humans as was expected of a wild animal. The positive results in rehabilitating the tiger indicated that the predator could be released into the wild. A special commission decided this. An analysis of the data obtained during the last count of the Amur tiger in the winter of 2021-2022 helped the specialists choose the location to release the tiger in. “When we considered locations to release the tiger into the wild, we were primarily guided by four things: remoteness from populated areas, sufficient food for the tiger, the security of the area, and the absence of other male tigers,” said Alexei Surovy, First Deputy Minister of Forestry and Wildlife Protection of the Primorye Territory. “A territory bordering the Tayozhny Wildlife Refuge in the Krasnoarmeisky District met all the requirements. We obtained data on the density of the ungulates and the presence of other tigers in the area during, among other things, the Amur tiger count. The local hunting control agency based at Melnichnoye Cordon, as well as gamekeeper hunting provider service, are responsible for the 24-hour protection of the fauna in the area.” The positive test results, the tiger’s “resume” and the potential location for releasing him into the wild were approved by Rosprirodnadzor (Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resources). On the evening of 26 May, a Primorye Territory hunting control agency inspector shot the tiger with a remote injector to immobilise the animal at the rehabilitation centre enclosure. Veterinarians examined and weighed the tiger, attached a tracking collar and put him in a transport cage. When they reached the selected site, the door opened and the tiger was off in an instant, vanishing into the taiga. Specialists will be monitoring the tiger via its GPS collar and also during field verification of the data supplied by the electronic device. The Amur Tiger Centre will release regular statements on how the predator is adapting to the wild environment. The country’s specialists have accumulated unique experience in rehabilitating and reintroducing Amur tigers to their natural habitat. Since 2013, this as yet nameless tiger is the 14th predator that has been released into the wild. This event was supported by the Amur Tiger Centre, the Ministry of Forestry and Wildlife Protection of the Primorye Territory, and the Centre for the Rehabilitation of Tigers and Other Rare Animals.
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Aug 2, 2022 16:05:43 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Aug 2, 2022 16:05:43 GMT -5
Amur Tiger Centre: The tiger population and habitat have grown 29 July 2022 programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news/26162 On 29 July, International Tiger Day, the Amur Tiger Centre published information showing that the endangered predator had expanded its habitat. Specialists are referring to the data received during the comprehensive tiger count in 2021-2022. The final results of the count will be announced at the 2nd International Tiger Conservation Forum in September 2022. Earlier, at President of Russia Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Government members on 25 July, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Alexander Kozlov reported that Russia is home to over 600 Amur tigers. “This year, we conducted a count of Amur tigers throughout their entire range: the Primorye Territory, the Amur Region, the Khabarovsk Territory and the Jewish Autonomous Region. Now we are processing that information and will announce the exact figure in autumn. However, we already see that these data exceed the figure of 2015. For the first time, we recorded tiger population growth in the Amur Region and Bikin, Land of the Leopard and Call of the Tiger national parks. We had 540 tigers there in 2015, and now there are definitely more than 600,” the minister said. He added that work was underway to create Pompeyevsky National Park on the President’s instructions in the Jewish Autonomous Region. The park planning will be completed in the middle of August. “This park is the last territory we need to keep the tiger population stable,” Alexander Kozlov said. International Tiger Day was instituted at the first tiger summit in 2010 to raise awareness about the disappearance of tigers and ways of protecting them. The forum adopted a global tiger recovery programme for 2010-2022, which specified the main areas of work for each tiger range country. Implementing Russia’s commitments following the forum, the Russian Geographical Society established the Amur Tiger Centre at the initiative of President Vladimir Putin on International Tiger Day in 2013. Its main goal is to study the Amur tiger, conserve and restore its population. By 2022, Russia fulfilled all the tasks set forth in 2010. It will complete this work by summing up the Amur Tiger count in 2021-2022. The data obtained during the field stage of the count point to the presence of Amur tigers in areas where they have not been seen before, notably, in the Oktyabrsky, Pogranichny, Khankaysky and Khorolsky districts of the Primorye Territory. Experts also noted a considerable increase in the presence of Amur tigers on the left bank of the Amur River, in the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Amur Region. The data from the count also show that Amur tigers have changed their diet. The epizootics of African swine fever reduced the number of boars in the tiger range, thereby decreasing their share in the tiger diet. Looking for prey, tigers began to move around more in their habitat and hunt Manchurian wapiti, roe deer and sika deer, which allowed them to safely survive in difficult times. Russia’s Amur tiger count was organised and conducted by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the governments of the Primorye and Khabarovsk territories, the Jewish Autonomous Region and the Amur Region, as well as by nature reserves and national parks with the support of the Amur Tiger Centre and the participation of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The 2nd International Tiger Conservation Forum will take place on 5 September 2022, the first day of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok. It is organised by the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, the Ministry of Justice and the Amur Tiger Centre.
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Sept 7, 2022 11:14:44 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Sept 7, 2022 11:14:44 GMT -5
Vladimir Putin: The number of Amur tigers in Russia has grown to 750 5 September 2022 programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news/26164 The Amur tiger population in Russia will remain stable and grow thanks to systematic conservation efforts taken at the state level, President Vladimir Putin said in his video address to the participants of the second International Tiger Conservation Forum in Vladivostok, which took place on September 5, on the opening day of the Eastern Economic Forum. “Twelve years ago, there were no more than 390 adult Amur tigers living in our Far Eastern taiga. Today there are about 750 with cubs. This is the result of systematic efforts taken at the state level, but above all a visible embodiment of the well-coordinated, hard work of Russian scientists, enthusiasts and environmental organizations,” the President noted. Konstantin Chuychenko, Minister of Justice, Chair of the Supervisory Board of the Amur Tiger Centre, noted in his speech at the second International Tiger Conservation Forum that over the past 10 years the number of Amur tigers killed by poachers in Russia has decreased by three times. According to the minister, this was achieved due to new amendments to Russian legislation. “The task is to expand the habitat of the Amur tiger to make it closer to its former borders. Our main achievement is that we have created a reliable protection system, above all for the Amur tiger,” the minister said. Alexander Kozlov, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment, reported on the measures necessary to prevent the population of the Amur tiger in the Far East from declining. He noted that the implementation of the SMART spatial monitoring programme adopted by seven countries (Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Cambodia, China, Nepal and Russia) helped improve relations between the law enforcement agencies of these countries. “The tiger population in the Far East has not only been preserved, but is also growing thanks to the consistent policy of the state, as well as public and scientific organisations and caring people who do not necessarily live in the Far East,” the minister said and added that a quarter of the tiger’s habitat is covered currently by national parks and reserves. “Russia is not the only country where the number of tigers is increasing. According to experts, about 5,000 tigers now live in the wild. Populations have grown in India, Nepal, Bhutan, and Indonesia,” said Kozlov. At the same time, according to the minister, in some countries the tiger population has decreased. “Of course, we have to find our why this has happened and how tiger keepers like us can help improve the situation,” he said.
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Sept 8, 2022 10:54:12 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Sept 8, 2022 10:54:12 GMT -5
INCREASE IN GLOBAL WILD TIGER NUMBERS www.savewildtigers.org/the-facts/tigers-news For the first time in recent history, the estimated number of tigers in the wild has increased, giving hope to conservationists across the globe. The global wild tiger population has been steadily declining from 150,000 in 1900 due to poaching, habitat loss and development across tiger-range countries. In 2010, the global wild tiger estimate was reported at an all-time low of 3,200. There are now an estimated 3,890 wild tigers across 12 countries from Russia to Indonesia. This positive news comes as the 3rd Asian Ministerial Conference on Tiger Conservation convenes in New Delhi today. The increase may be largely attributed to committed efforts since the Global Tiger Summit in 2010 by governments in India, Russia, Nepal, and Bhutan. Overall, however, the status of wild Tigers is still CRITCAL. Whilst wild tiger populations in India are on the rise, numbers are dwindling to below 10 in China, Vietnam, and Lao PDR, and the situation in Malaysian and Indonesia is acute. Just last week Cambodia declared that its tiger population is now functionally extinct. The new estimate must be accepted with caution as many of the numbers are statistical means or estimates based on the best available knowledge. Actual populations, both today and in 2010, may be higher or lower and some of the increase may be attributed to improved survey methods. Nevertheless, the upward trend is an inspiring step toward the 2022 goal of increasing global wild tiger numbers to more than 6,000. Currently the biggest threat to wild tigers is poaching to fuel demand for tiger products, parts, and derivatives. If the governments of tiger range countries will adopt a commitment to zero poaching in New Delhi this week, as called for by Save Wild Tigers along with 22 other NGOs, wild tiger populations will have a real chance of fighting back.
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Sept 12, 2022 2:41:12 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Sept 12, 2022 2:41:12 GMT -5
Tiger Facts - www.savewildtigers.org/facts/tiger-facts The wild tiger has been roaming the planet for over two million years. It is a sad fact that there are now more tigers in captivity than there are in the wild. In 1900 there were 100,000 tigers in the wild. Today, there are fewer than 3,200 remaining across 13 countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Cambodia, China, India, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Nepal, Russia, Thailand and Vietnam. Of the world's remaining tigers, there are six existing subspecies: The Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) - occur in the Russian Far East and north-eastern China The Northern Indochinese Tiger (Panthera tigris corbetti) - occur in Indochina, north of the Malayan peninsula The Malayan Tiger (Panthera tigris jacksoni) - occur in Peninsular Malaysia The Sumatran Tiger (Panthera tigris sumatrae) - occur in Sumatra, Indonesia The Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) - occur on the Indian sub-continent The South China Tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) - this subspecies has not been directly observed in the wild since the 1970s and is now possibly extinct. The Caspian, Balinese and Javanese subspecies have all become extinct in the past 70 years. Tigers are the largest of the Asian big cat family and rely on their senses of sight and sound, rather than smell. Typically, they will hunt alone and stalk their prey - consuming up to 88Ibs of meat at any one time. The largest species of tiger is the Amur, with the Sumatran being the smallest. Typically, female tigers will give birth to 2-3 cubs every two years. As Apex predators, tigers can shape the ecosystem in which they live. They limit herbivore numbers which in turn prevents overgrazing and helps maintain the ecological balance of an ecosystem. They also have large home ranges which means by protecting their habitat we are also protecting the habitat of a large number of other species and maintaining forests which secure water and help mitigate climate change. This is what we call an ‘Umbrella species’.
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Sept 12, 2022 2:42:59 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Sept 12, 2022 2:42:59 GMT -5
Quote: The Caspian, Balinese and Javanese subspecies have all become extinct in the past 70 years. *Note: Those three tiger subspecies, and possibly a fourth, the South China Tiger, have disappeared during my lifetime.
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Oct 4, 2022 7:06:32 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Oct 4, 2022 7:06:32 GMT -5
Australia Zoo's Tiger Conservation Programme | Crikey! It's The Irwins
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Oct 13, 2022 10:03:38 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Oct 13, 2022 10:03:38 GMT -5
Photo exhibition dedicated to protection of Amur tiger at Vladivostok airport 12 October 2022
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Oct 14, 2022 3:11:51 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Oct 14, 2022 3:11:51 GMT -5
THE NUMBER OF TIGERS IN RUSSIA HAS REACHED 750 INDIVIDUALS 05 september 2022 wwf.ru/en/resources/news/bioraznoobrazie/chislennost-tigra-v-rossii-dostigla-750-osobey/ The number of tigers living in Russia has increased by 210-230 individuals (including kittens) since the last census. WWF-Russia is convinced that these numbers will stay at the proper level, but it is important to continue conservation at the same rate and face the new challenges. According to the latest census that took place last winter in the Far East, the tiger population in Russia is around 750 individuals. New data was released at the II International Forum on Tiger Conservation. After the previous census in 2015, the number of tigers in the Far East was ranged from 520 to 540 individuals. "Today, the tiger population in the Russian Far East is close to optimal, this is a long–awaited victory of a large team, that includes hundreds of people from, science, business, government and public organizations," said Dmitry Gorshkov, Director of the WWF-Russia. – Now it is vital not to slow down the pace of conservation and maintain a decent level of protection of the species. To protect tiger’s habitat from destruction, to support the ungulate population, especially after the rampant African swine fever and abnormal snowfalls. It is important to increase the support of anti-conflict groups and look for new innovative methods. Successes in nature conservation can quite easily roll back without proper attention." As there are fewer territories suitable for tigers to live than 100 years ago, the tiger population is unlikely to actively increase in the future. Nevertheless, about 13% of the world tiger population lives in Russia. According to this indicator, the country ranks second in the world after India. "Now the main aim for tiger conservation will no longer be to increase the number, but to maintain this number at an optimal level and the absence of conflicts with humans," Dmitry Gorshkov added. – There are still a lot of tasks for nature conservation in the Far East, and the most ambitious one is the expansion of the range of the Amur leopard in the south of Sikhote–Alin. Now WWF-Russia is building a reintroduction center in the Lazovsky Nature Reserve that will allow settling historical parts of the area where leopards have not been seen for more than 50 years." The center for reintroduction of the Amur leopard in the Lazovsky Reserve is being built in order to increase the number of subspecies, as well as to solve the problem of reducing the genetic diversity of the Russian population. At the moment, the only grouping of the Far Eastern leopard in Russia, consisting of 121 adults and 14 kittens and living in the Land of the Leopard National Park and its surroundings. The project is being implemented by the World Wildlife Fund and the Ministry of Nature Management and Ecology of the Russian Federation. The preservation of the existing population is carried out by the ANO "Far Eastern Leopards" with the support of partners. ____________________________________ *Note: The Russian Far East is huge. 750 tigers is still a horrifically small number.
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Oct 14, 2022 3:15:15 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Oct 14, 2022 3:15:15 GMT -5
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Nov 27, 2022 9:03:58 GMT -5
Post by brobear on Nov 27, 2022 9:03:58 GMT -5
Monitoring expedition to habitat of reintroduced tigers ends in Jewish Autonomous Region 21 November 2022 programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news/26178 Specialists from the Amur Tiger Centre, the Centre for the Rehabilitation and Reintroduction of Tigers and Other Rare Animals (Tiger Centre) and the Hunting Supervision Department of the Jewish Autonomous Region have completed their expedition to the habitat of reintroduced tigers. They came back with new information about the tiger Grom, tigresses Lazovka and Filippa, and other tigers living in the south of the region. The tiger Grom has tripped all camera traps on all routes. The cameras have also recorded many roe deer, red deer and elk. There were also occasional boars, bears and smaller animals in Grom’s hunting grounds. At least three female tigers – Svetlaya, Lazovka and Filippa – permanently live in Grom’s grounds. As established in December 2021, Svetlaya had already given birth to at least two cubs from Grom. This was her third litter. Her first two cubs were from Grom’s father, Boris. During the previous monitoring expedition, the assumption was confirmed that Lazovka and Filippa were the most likely mothers of new tiger cubs. “Lazovka keeps surprising us. Her collar is still working. Now she is certainly the record holder for keeping her transmitter collar among all the reintroduced tigers in Russia. In fact, her collar told us that she had a litter. Her collar showed us a typical multi-petal flower – dots reflecting its location on the map. The tigress returns to her cubs in the den often and walks in different directions for more successful hunting. That said, the collar cannot tell us how many cubs she has in her litter. This is why we have to check it in the field. We were pleased to see that the trail camera footage of Lazovka confirmed that she had a litter. We will soon find out how many cubs she has,” said Amur Tiger Centre Director Sergei Aramilev. He recalled that according to the comprehensive 2021-2022 census, there are more than 20 Amur tigers in the Jewish Autonomous Region. “Less than 10 years ago, when the programme to restore the tiger population had just been launched, there were only one or two tigers that came into this area from the Khabarovsk Territory. Now the Jewish Autonomous Region can be considered an integral part of Russia’s tiger habitat. This is the result of meticulous cooperation by a team of domestic experts, which has received recognition from the top level,” Sergei Aramilev noted. Another tigress that is periodically recorded in Grom’s hunting grounds is his sister Groza, but the camera traps have not recorded her recently. The researchers believe her hunting area just slightly overlaps that of her brother where most camera traps are located, and where she does not often go. “Due to weather, the camera traps in the Jewish Autonomous Region have not been checked since February. Since then, thickets have appeared on the trails we created with our all-terrain vehicle and where we installed cameras. This is why some tigers have stopped following these trails when moving about in the taiga, and is probably why the cameras did not record Svetlaya and her cubs. It is also important to remember that Svetlaya is always reluctant to show off her cubs to the camera,” Tiger Centre Director Viktor Kuzmenko said. He added that some camera traps have recorded Filippa. “She is very likely to be a nursing mother. This has been confirmed by several local residents who visit the forest. They have seen evidence of adult females and cubs where Lazovka and Filippa live,” Viktor Kuzmenko explained. This is the third or probably even the fourth litter for Lazovka, who was released into this area in 2018, and at least the third litter for Filippa who returned to the taiga in 2017. When cubs grow up, they leave their parents to look for their own hunting grounds. In this way, they replenish the tiger population in the Jewish Autonomous Region and the neighbouring Amur Region and the Khabarovsk Territory, as well as in China. The steady increase in the number of tigers in the Jewish Autonomous Region is the result of the releases of reintroduced tigers into the wild with a view to creating a sustainable tiger population on the border of their historical habitat. Monitoring these wild cats through camera traps is vital for studying the Amur tiger. In the field, the experts take data from previously installed devices and also do maintenance on the cameras (replace batteries and memory cards), and they also set up new automatic cameras. By monitoring the behavior of the reintroduced animals, specialists can control their comfortable life and receive new information on their relations with animals that have not encountered humans before. Today, the photo-monitoring network in the Jewish Autonomous Region covers the key sections of the tiger habitat and is continuously expanded through cooperation between the Amur Tiger Centre and its partners.
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Siberian tiger: the situation at the beginning of 2023 JANUARY 2, 2023 - blog.rapusia.org/animals/1887/siberian-tiger-the-situation-at-the-beginning-of-2023/ Siberian Tiger is widespread exclusively in the extreme south-eastern part of Siberia, in the region south-east of the lower course of the Amur River and east of its Ussuri tributary. The area includes the mountainous territories of Primorsky and south-central Khabarovsk which constitute, administratively, the southeastern portion of the Far Eastern Federal District of Russia and, geographically, the extensive coastal mountain massif of Sichote -Alin. Currently, the first risk factor, which in any case regards all tiger subspecies in general, is the reduction and fragmentation of the diffusion habitat due to the increase in anthropic activity. This increase favors the deforestation of forests to obtain timber or space for the construction of new urban settlements The Russian population is stably distributed in Sichote-Alin and has only sporadically been reported further north of the fiftieth parallel or further west in the Amur Oblast region. The Stanovoy Mountains, the Aldan Plateau and the Dzhugdzhur Mountains are located at latitudes that are rarely exceeded. The Chinese population survives, in a degraded and fragmented habitat, on the mountain massif of the Changbai Shan, largely included in the province of Jilin, and in the mountainous belt between the left tributaries of the Tumen River and the border with North Korea, Russia and the Chinese province of Heilongjiang. This border strip, which includes China's Huangnihe Conservation Area, lies directly northeast of the Changbai Shan. The decline of the Siberian tiger began in the mid-19th century especially in China and Korea due to intensive hunting for fur and bones, for fun or because the animal was considered, by the local population, harmful to livestock or own safety. By the 1940s, the total population had dwindled to around fifty in Russia and a few hundred in China. In South Korea, the tiger would have become extinct in the early 1950s during the Korean War. In 1996, the IUCN determined its conservation status by classifying the subspecies as critically endangered and estimating its population to be no more than 250 adult specimens with a decreasing demographic trend. A census carried out, always in the same year, estimated a population of slightly higher adult specimens to which were added between 85 and 105 puppies. Also in 1996, on the basis of the analysis of the genetic diversity of some specimens in the wild, a theoretical population of 500-600 adult specimens was estimated. The Siberian tiger is a protected animal, but poaching is fueled by the flourishing and profitable trade in bones used for various purposes in traditional Chinese medicine. This trade, declared illegal in 1993 by the Chinese government, is attributed, in particular, to the more recent demographic decline suffered during the eighties and nineties of the twentieth century. Since the late 1990s, however, hunting pressure has decreased thanks to more effective enforcement by local authorities.
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