Continental Siberian tigers migrated en masse to Russia
Recently, according to media reports, a large number of traces of the collective migration of Siberian tigers have been found in Russia, and Russia claims that wild Siberian tigers are found all year round at the junction of China and Russia, and in recent years, they have directly settled in Russia, and they do not know what the reason is.
Animal experts according to the number of footprints at the scene preliminary estimates, these Siberian tigers should be divided into several batches, from the mainland territory across the border into Russia, the current number of migrated Siberian tigers is about 450, to know that the number of wild Siberian tigers in the world is only about 750, so what is the reason for the original life of the mainland wild Siberian tigers migrated to Russia? Could it be that the mainland has a natural enemy of the Siberian tiger? Pay attention to scientific beasts and get the latest information at the first time.
Characteristics of the Siberian tiger
Before talking about this issue, let's briefly understand the Siberian tiger, the scientific name of the Siberian tiger, mainly distributed in the northeast of the continent, Russia's Siberia region and North Korea, as the largest carnivorous cat currently existing, the adult male Siberian tiger weighs nearly 250 kg, the body length is about 2.3 meters, is the king of the forest.
Female Siberian tiger is relatively small, weighing about 170 kg, but the average body length is also close to 2 meters, the wild Siberian tiger is brownish yellow throughout, in winter, the hair will gradually turn yellowish, and other tigers are different, the Tiger of the Siberian Tiger has a number of horizontal black patterns on the back, and the forehead has a domineering pattern representing the "King" symbol of the Siberian Tiger.
Why are Siberian tigers migrating?
As the king of the forest in nature, the Siberian tiger naturally has no natural enemies, and mainly feeds on large and medium-sized mammals such as deer, sheep and wild boar in daily life, and its living habits are also solitary, and its activity range can reach more than 100 kilometers. According to the records, before 1858, the number of Siberian tigers in the mainland exceeded 4,000, and at that time, Tsarist Russia did not even have a Siberian tiger, but why is the number of Siberian tigers in the mainland so rare now? And these Siberian tigers are still moving to Russia?
The root cause is precisely because of the increasingly rampant illegal poachers, as well as habitat destruction and other factors, experts have found that not only the Siberian tiger, the number of medium and large animals in the entire northeast region of the mainland is constantly decreasing, the reduction of these animals means that the Siberian tiger will lose a large number of food sources, the lack of food Siberian tiger in order to survive in order to survive in the human settlements to hunt livestock, which is also the reason for the frequent occurrence of Injuries to the Siberian tiger in recent years, some Siberian tigers will even be starved alive.
The number of wild Siberian tigers has plummeted
Over time, the number of Siberian tigers on the mainland became smaller and smaller, in 1858, there were more than 4,000 wild Siberian tigers on the mainland, and by the end of the 19th century, the number of wild Siberian tigers on the mainland was almost cut down, and the number plummeted to 2,000, while nearly 800 Siberian tigers had migrated to Russia.
In the 1930s, in that era of internal and external troubles, the protection of Siberian tigers was even more difficult to talk about, coupled with the illegal poachers unregulated, resulting in the number of mainland Siberian tigers plummeting again, leaving only about 500, a situation that lasted until 1959, when the number of Siberian tigers on the mainland was only about 200, half of which were still running back and forth between the mainland and the Soviet Union.
The continental Siberian tigers are already far fewer than Russia
In 1985, after a short recuperation period, although the number of Siberian tigers recovered to 400, the number of Siberian tigers in the mainland has been far less than that of the Soviet Union, there are less than 30 Siberian tigers left in the mainland, 250 in the Soviet Union, and the data is that as of 2021, the number of Siberian tigers that can be traced on the mainland is 55, and in Russia, there are nearly 700.
It can be said that under the influence of illegal poachers and a series of factors, the mainland Siberian tiger is slowly becoming a "Russian tiger". Seeing that this may be a curious official, the old man should ask, can the mainland only watch the Siberian tiger run to Russia? Isn't there any bailout policy?
Policy on rescuing Siberian tigers
Don't say that there are really, in order to retain the few remaining Siberian tigers, the mainland has established a number of wild Siberian tiger reserves over the years, and the relevant protection policies are even more numerous, one of which is to completely solve the problem of food shortage of Siberian tigers, and the mainland united with the World Wide Fund for Nature to release a large number of prey in the northeast region, including even precious sika deer, robes and so on.
The purpose of this is to attract Siberian tigers to return to the mainland, only the density of prey exceeds the Russian Far East, Siberian tigers can return to the mainland, of course, these prey is not casually released, each medium and large prey carries GPS positioning, experts will regularly track to determine whether the number of Siberian tigers has increased.
Siberian tigers are kept in captivity
In addition to the release of prey, the mainland also for the Siberian tiger artificial breeding, involved in the artificial breeding of tiger species and South China tiger, I believe that all the officials know that some time ago, the mainland in the Fujian mountains released 20 artificial breeding of South China tiger news, and the same is true for the breeding of Siberian tigers, these artificially bred Siberian tigers will be rewilded from time to time, and one day they will return to the northeast wild.
It is worth mentioning that the current lifespan of wild Siberian tigers is 15 to 17 years, while the lifespan of captive-bred Siberian tigers is 20 to 25 years, which is also a major advantage of artificial breeding of Siberian tigers, and it is believed that in the near future, a large number of Siberian tigers will reappear on the mainland.
In the end, what do you think of the release of the Siberian tiger? Would this endanger the security of humanity? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section.