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Restoration of the Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) Population in the Northwest of Its Distribution Area

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The results of Amur tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) grouping recovery in the North-West of its distribution area are presented in this article. An analysis of tiger cubs specially trained for wildlife and released includes: establishing the spatial structure, the ability to find and hunt natural prey, the reaction to anthropogenic landscapes, facilities and infrastructure, and reproductive relationships. The young released tigers adapted to the wild successfully, developed a specifically actual spatial structure, hunted for wild prey, did not initiate carnivore-human conflicts, females brought offspring repeatedly, wild born younglings dispersed in this part of the range successfully. Thus, in the northwest of the distribution area of the Amur tiger, where in the 1970’s this species was totally exterminated, its grouping has presently recovered and stabilized. The total grouping numbers currently amount to at least 20 individuals. The restoration of the Amur tiger grouping is based on the technology developed and used by the  Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences for orphaned tiger cub rehabilitation and training for wildlife.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The work was carried out by the Permanent Expedition of RAS for study of Russian Red Data Book animals and other key animals of Russian fauna within the framework of the Project “Study and conservation of the Amur tiger in the Russian Far East”, under the management by the A.N. Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEE RAS) with the financial support of the Russian Geographical Society.

The authors are grateful to the Tiger Special Inspection, Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Phoenix Foundation and International Fund of Animals Welfare (IFAW), as well as V.G. Yudin (Federal Research Centre of Biodiversity of Terrestrial Biota of Eastern Asia FEB RAS), V.B. Kuzmenko (MROO Centre Tiger), P.L. Sonin (Land of the Leopard National Park), A.N. Feoktistov (Department for the protection and use of objects of fauna of the Government of the Jewish Autonomous Region), O.N. Polkovnikova, I.L. Polkovnikov (Bastak Nature Reserve), D.N. Kochetkov, A.I. Antonov, M.P. Parilov, M.S. Babykin (Khinganskiy Nature Reserve), D.G. Miquelle, A.N. Rybin, N.N. Rybin (Wildlife Conservation Society, WCS), S.L. Bereznyuk (Phoenix Foundation) for their active participation and professional assistance at different stages of the work, A.A. Varshavsky (IEE RAS) for help in preparing a map of the historical habitat range of the Amur tiger.

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Rozhnov, V.V., Naidenko, S.V., Hernandez-Blanco, J.A. et al. Restoration of the Amur Tiger (Panthera tigris altaica) Population in the Northwest of Its Distribution Area. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 48, 1401–1423 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359021080239

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