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Russia Tracks Calm Khabarovsk Tiger as Primorye Reports In‑Wild Rescue of Three Orphaned Cubs

Officials cite a population near 750 as reserves rely on camera traps plus targeted feeding to manage encounters.

Overview

  • Specialists are monitoring a young Amur tiger seen behaving calmly near the Korfovsky quarry in Khabarovsk Krai to determine if it requires assistance.
  • The animal was first filmed by a truck driver and later observed near a road before moving back into the forest, according to the Amur Tiger Center.
  • The quarry sits within the one‑kilometer buffer of the Bolshekhekhtsirsky Reserve, where tigers are present, though such unusually placid behavior is being evaluated.
  • Separately in Primorsky Krai, Sikhote‑Alin Reserve staff supplemented food in the field for three orphaned cubs for about two and a half months without removing them from the wild.
  • Director Svetlana Sutyrina said camera traps now show the cubs hunting on their own and described the method as a unique approach that could be used again.