Le Birobidjan (région autonome juive), petite entité de l'extrême orient russe (36 000 Km2) enchassée entre la région de l'Amour et le territoire de Khabarovsk, n'abrita plus aucun tigre entre les années 90 du siècle dernier et le début des années 2010. Depuis lors, un plan de réintroduction de noyaux familiaux en à l'oeuvre, à partir d'orphelins recueillis et soignés dans des centres, puis relâchés.
Avec les naissances de ce printemps, les animaux sont vraisemblablement, désormais, plus d'une dizaine.
"Svetlaya" et ses enfants. Cliché pris le 24 avril.
A trail camera at the Zhuravliny Nature Sanctuary in the Jewish Autonomous Region has captured Svetlaya the tigress with cubs. The cubs were hiding behind their mum, so it was impossible to count them. The father of the cubs is Borya, with whom Svetlaya has lived in Zhuravliny for almost two years.
The new addition to Borya and Svetlaya’s family is a unique case because the tigers were released into the wild after completing a rehabilitation programme. Borya and two other orphaned cubs, Kuzya and Ilona, were released in May 2014. Svetlaya was set free in June 2014. It is also worth mentioning that the predators formed a pair by themselves despite the 500 kilometres that divided them. Svetlaya and Borya met each other for the first time in October 2015. The Amur Tiger Programme, ce jour.
http://programmes.putin.kremlin.ru/en/tiger/news/25520
