Why is the siberian tiger endangered
Saving the endangered Siberian tigers from extinction | Dispatch
they possess a wild beauty that's
majestic even hypnotic they are deadly
but also endangered
that's just part of what makes Siberian
tigers so fascinating you're about to
see them in ways you probably never have
before
Russians have a deep reverence for these
magnificent creatures our Moscow
correspondent Chris Brown had a chance
to see close-up the country's efforts to
let them thrive once more he filed this
dispatch from Vladivostok he is one of
nature's greatest and most beautiful
predators the Siberian tiger is the
largest of the tiger species whose thick
fur allows it to survive in the world's
coldest climates he doesn't even notice
our camera as he senses vulnerable prey
is near his killer instincts take over
as he stalks and then pounces in the
blink of an eye the violent attack is
over
we're actually watching this go down
from a safe spot at a safari park and
this is arguably Russia's most famous
tiger his name is amor do you know warp
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you know receive an Timur the guts you
might remember a more from this video a
few years back he became a global
celebrity by befriending a goat named
Tim or that was supposed to be his
dinner a more may have been born in
captivity but his prominence transcends
his confined space he's emerged as a
symbol of hope for an entire species at
risk it's incredible how well Siberian
tigers blend in with their surroundings
they're notoriously difficult to spot in
the wild which is why you have to come
to some place like this to see them this
whole area around Vladivostok in the Far
East of Russia is Siberian tiger
territory liver wants some of the most
endangered animals on earth
from just a few dozen animals in the mid
20th century there were 490 Siberian
tigers as of 2018 that's still not a lot
so when people see a tiger it's a big
deal
leaping across a highway or here trying
to blend in like a tree when Russian
conservation has called us to say we had
a chance to film a tiger in the wild and
to meet a more we hopped on a plane and
headed to the city of Vladivostok it's
obvious once you get here just how
revered Tigers are there are statues and
monuments everywhere our destination was
a one-of-a-kind Tiger rehabilitation
centre and the tiger we came to see was
teak on a 13-year old nail over
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Christmas he got into trouble with some
villagers by eating their pets after he
was tranquilized scientists realized he
Khan had a problem with his teeth so
they cleaned and repaired his damaged
fangs Tiger biologist Sergei army lev
said t-con seemed to be ready to be
released back into the wild nasa me that
super sort of Stephen Ezard in watching
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so instead of witnessing his freedom the
Russian authorities gave us
unprecedented access to observe their
scientific teams as they performed his
autopsy every time a tiger dies there
has to be an investigation to determine
the cause of death to know if something
illegal such as poaching was responsible
they look for gunshot wounds stab marks
for signs of poisoning and later they'll
look at his organs to understand it
perhaps his diet or food sources were
the problem it all helps authorities
understand the stresses the tiger
population faces they cleaned his fur
and measured him from tail to toe before
hoisting him up to see his weight when
he died so they just weighed T Han and
they know he was about a hundred and
forty or so kilograms at his death and
that's pretty light they think he should
have been up where around 200 or so
kilograms for a 13 year old male tiger
they're not sure why he was so he wasn't
heavy obviously it had dental work he
had trouble eating before so that could
be one possibility but there's obviously
a lot more going on here and that's what
this this necropsy is hopefully going to
give some answers to it's sad to see
such a great beast at the end of its
life especially knowing how fragile the
population remains but aremy lab says t
Han his party ticket professional
meeting means that one was killed the
first time Nagas doing the final cause
of death we were told later dehydration
and exhaustion t Han basically died
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at the rehab center hopefully a more
positive story is about to unfold these
two Cobbs Elena and Pavlik were rescued
after their mother had to be relocated
because she ate six dogs in a Russian
village but rather than sending the cubs
to zoos and a life of captivity Viktor
Koosman called who runs the rehab center
is training them to hunt and to fend for
themselves so they can be reintroduced
into the wild starts in time what you
watch is was in process of rocketry did
not delay anymore they set up little
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will call the no humans rule is strictly
enforced we could only watch them on
these monitors
I think global and even when Vladimir
Putin visited in 2014
russia's President had to keep his
distance to the Kremlin helps fund this
Center as well as many of the other
tiger conservation measures the young
Tigers are taught to hunt using wild
animals usually a deer is released into
the pen and the Tigers chase it down and
finish it off with a bite to the neck in
the past five years
this centre has rehabilitated and
released seven Tigers
other measures such as monitoring have
helped to cameras such as this one
capture extraordinary sights such as for
tiger cubs playing all day there are
more than 800 such cameras all over
Russia's Far East but for all the
successes the greatest threat faced by
Tigers remains people who want to kill
them for their furs and body Morrow was
caught up in a private she didn't give
any useful Sergei era Mila the biologist
has a freezer full of seized illegal
trophies he shows us a party shave the
market for such items he says is almost
all in China where tiger parts fetch a
high price Lenny was on some status Dafa
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narration it was no panic still
officially a diet origin gain use a
crackdown though by Russia's government
on poaching does seem to be working in
2010 up to 70 Tigers a year were killed
by poachers now the number is closer to
15 to 20
that's thanks in part to conservation
officers such as Andrei Sakharov and his
team he leads one of 14 dedicated anti
poaching teams they ride in armored
personnel carriers often camping for
days at a time we spent one day with
them at the static we would get me
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could the other part of his job is
dealing with those angry villagers who
lose their pets to tigers there are lots
of those stories on Russian TV
Wow her dog was killed this woman was
luckier there was lots of blood from the
lucky escape
so to stop people from shooting problem
Tigers which is illegal Sakharov and his
crew try to calm things down and hand
out compensation to the receivable
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Siberian tigers are still listed as an
endangered species but Sergei army lab
says after decades of worry the
trajectory is finally looking up no new
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the official conservation target is to
have a population of 700 wild adult
Siberian tigers and Cubs in four years
time and authorities believe they'll get
there Chris Brown CBC News near
Vladivostok Russia there is more on this
story on our Instagram page exclusive
pictures and video as well as a short
essay by Chris that takes you behind the
scenes of his reporting check it out and
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