The group of Amur tigers in the Anyuisky National Park has tripled in 15 years

The Anyuisky National Park, which is managed by the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Reserved Amur Region", celebrates 15 years since its creation. It was formed to protect and increase the Amur tiger population in the Anyui River basin and the western spurs of the Sikhote-Alin, which has grown here over the years and today has about three dozen individuals, the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources reported on its website.

“The habitats of this Red Book predator occupy more than two thirds of the territory of the national park. If in the year of the foundation of the protected area no more than 10 of these rare animals lived here, then 15 years later, thanks to environmental measures, the number of Amur tigers has tripled,” said Vladimir Andronov, director of the Federal State Budgetary Institution “Amur Reserve”, quoted by the Ministry of Natural Resources.

New individuals come from Sikhote-Alin and other places, using the numerous watercourses of the Amur River basin as a convenient transport network on the ground.

And young tigers (usually males) born in the territory of the national park are often forced to leave it, as it is difficult for them to compete with old-timer tigers.

“Thus, the striped owners of the national park are involved in the development of new taiga habitats, maintaining the population size in the district. The main core of the group, which is represented by age tigers, lives in the national park as "owners" and has 15-18 individuals," the report says.

Thanks to the well-organized protection and biotechnical measures in the Anyui National Park, the tigers have successfully survived the reduction in the number of wild boar due to African swine fever. They refocused on hunting for other animals, in particular, ungulates, the number of which has increased several times in the protected areas. The researchers of the "Reserved Amur Region" note that the wild boar is already returning to the protected forests, which means that the food supply of the tiger is increasing.

The Anyuisky National Park was established in the Khabarovsk Territory in 2007. This is a territory with typical natural complexes of the south of the Russian Far East: broad-leaved and cedar-broad-leaved, dark coniferous and mixed forests.

From May to October, visitors to the park can see the spurs of the western Sikhote-Alin, the swampy expanses of the Middle Amur Lowland, mountain rivers and the floodplain Gassi Lake, Mount Obryvistaya, the Manominsky Rocks, and also visit the museum of the village of Arsenyevo. A glamping site was built on the banks of the Anyui River to accommodate tourists.