Female Amur tiger released in Kazakhstan in species restoration effort
A female Amur tiger has been released in Kazakhstan as part of a project aimed at bringing back a predator once eliminated from central Asia.
A female Amur tiger named Umit has been released in Kazakhstan as part of a programme to rebuild the species in the region, according to the BBC. The animal is the first of its kind to be set free there in about 70 years.
The release is part of a wider effort to restore the tiger population in central Asia, where the species was wiped out around a century ago. Conservation work has focused on reintroducing the big cat to habitat where it once lived.
Amur tigers are the largest tiger subspecies and are native to the Russian Far East and parts of northeast China. The Kazakhstan project is intended to create the conditions for a future population in the wild.
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