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Amur Tiger Returned to Taiga in Primorye as Rehab Center Receives Two Endangered Kittens

Specialists say the captured male was healthy after a veterinary check.

Overview

  • Authorities say the male was captured on January 8 near Klyuchevoy after killing a free‑grazing horse two days earlier.
  • The tiger was transported to the Tigr rehabilitation center in Alekseyevka for veterinary assessment.
  • The Center "Amur Tiger" reported he was healthy and was released back into the taiga on January 13.
  • A camera trap from wildlife photographer Sasha Fonseca recorded a roughly seven‑year‑old male tiger in a cave in southern Primorye.
  • The Tigr center received two endangered Far Eastern forest cat kittens caught hunting chickens and has begun examinations.