The injured tiger, caught in Primorye in December last year, will be transferred to a nursing home for disabled animals in the Leningrad region. The Amur Mash Telegram channel writes about this.
Local residents provided information about the tiger. He attacked the dogs. But it turned out that the animal was seriously injured and chose easy prey. The tiger was found to have an old gunshot wound that prevented it from hunting normally. The bullet entered the left shoulder blade and exited the claw. It was impossible to determine this immediately after capture: there was a strong inflammatory process.
Staff at the Amur Tiger Center said the Red Book animal is in better shape now, but needs special conditions as it will have difficulty moving.
It was stated that permission was received from Rosprirodnadzor to send the tiger to the Tiger House nursing home.
In front of the other tiger with a bad temper we were going to release Return to the wilderness in the Khabarovsk Territory. At the end of last year, residents of the village of Mukhen were worried about the actions of a large predatory cat that broke into residential buildings. Employees of the hunting department of the government of the Khabarovsk Territory together with the KGBU “Service for the Protection of Wildlife and Specially Protected Natural Areas of the Khabarovsk Territory” caught the animal.
Veterinarians confirmed that the tiger is a young two-year-old male, fully ready for life in the wild. Experts did not detect any abnormalities that would prevent him from hunting. It will be released away from populated areas.
Previously Tiger was attacked For a pet dog in the village of Razdolnoye, Primorsky Territory.