Amur Tiger Runs Onto Busy Federal Highway

Residents of Primorye have spotted another Amur tiger — this time the striped predator was crossing the busy federal highway A-370 «Ussuri» in the Nadezhdinsky District. The dashcam footage was published on the Telegram channel «Maxim Chikunov. Politician and Human Rights Activist.»

According to eyewitnesses, the video was shot on January 20 in the area of the Razdolnoye settlement towards Ussuriysk.

Sergei Aramilev, director of the Amur Tiger Center, told a VLADIVOSTOK1.RU correspondent that this section is called the Baranovsky Ecological Corridor. It connects the southwestern part of Primorye Territory and the southern ridge of the Sikhote-Alin, and not only tigers but also leopards have been spotted here.

«If you drive from Vladivostok to Ussuriysk, beyond Razdolnoye there is the so-called Baranovsky Ridge. There, tigers or leopards sometimes cross the road from one part of their range to another,» Aramilev emphasized.

According to the expert, the predator was not within the boundaries of populated areas, and specialists are checking its tracks.

On January 21, we wrote that residents of the Zarya horticultural non-commercial partnership (SNT) in Primorye are ready to abandon their dachas because of a tiger roaming there. The press service of the Amur Tiger Center reported that a check had been carried out following an appeal from a resident of Bolshoi Kamen.

Center staff reported that tiger tracks were indeed found on the border of the horticultural partnership, and permission for its removal has been obtained. Monitoring is underway, and if the animal reappears near the SNT, it will be captured.