For more than a year a female of Amur leopard named Sophie lives in close proximity of one of the deer farms located in the Khasansky district of Primorsky province. Such neighbourhood, of course, is not pleasant to the owner … Продолжить
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Three Orphaned Tiger Cubs Found in Primorye
On November 27, three young tigers appeared near a military unit located 8 km away from Yakovlevka village, Primorsky krai. The predators tried to kill a domestic dog on a leash, but a guard scared the animals back into the woods. A group of tiger specialists went to the scene immediately and tried to find out why the cubs turned out to be alone in the forest. Продолжить
Environmental Journalism Awards - 2012
On June 5 - the Russian Day of the Ecologist and the World Environment Day, the jury announced the winners of the Sixth Far Eastern Environmental Journalism Awards Taiga Alive - 2012, competition of nature protection journalism. We congratulate the winners and laureates! Продолжить
Amur Tiger Found Washed Ashore Dead
On April 21, a tiger dubbed Gryazny (Dirty) was found washed ashore dead. It happened near the borders of Leopardovy Wildlife Refuge when local anglers spotted the dead body of the predator washed up on shore. The tiger was fitted with a radio collar. Продолжить
Amur Tigers Moving North
On March 13, 2012, it was reported that an Amur tiger was holding people in Tumnin village (Russia, Khabarovsky krai) in abject fear. According to local experts, for the second time this year a tiger has been sighted near this human settlement. Продолжить
Resolution of Human-Tiger Conflicts
Nowadays, some people still regard tigers as bloodthirsty predators. People who live near tigers, are usually rather poor and considerably dependent on forest recourses. As a rule, they hold negative attitudes towards nature-conservation measures that prioritize wilderness and disregard their needs. Most of those people have livestock pasturing in the woods and pastureland where it can become an easy prey for tigers. In that case livestock owners suffer serious economic losses due to livestock depredation and try to revenge on predators by poisoning, entrapping or even shooting them off. Unfortunately, such actions by indignant farmers make injured predators approach human settlements in search of food because they are unable to hunt successfully in the forest suffering from wounds. Продолжить
Captive Tigress Broke Free!
Roskosh (Luxury) tigress escaped from the zoological centre in Spassky district. Villagers of Gaivoron and Sosnovka were warned of the potentially dangerous animal. Продолжить
Tiger specialists determine the cause of death of three tigers
Tiger specialists have reconstructed a tragic incident in Primorye resulted in death of two tiger cubs and an adult Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica listed as critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species), informed a spokesman of Inspection Tiger to RIA Novosti. Продолжить
Wolf in Khasansky district
The unique case of a meeting a wolf that is a rare predator for Hasansky area has occurred yesterday when the specialists of Wildlife Conservation Society were conducting the monitoring works. Продолжить
New Home for Tigress
On February 18, in the vicinity of Orlovka village in Lesozavodsky district specialists of the Primorsky Game and Rare Species Department (Primorsky Hunting Management Department), Pacific Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Science and Wildlife Conservation Society captured a female Amur tiger, who had previously killed two horses in a village. Продолжить
