Video. Moment rare Amur tiger is released into Kazakh wild
- Updated: 06/08/2026 - 13:41 GMT+2 Kazakhstan released the Amur tiger Umit into the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, marking a key step in a project to restore a wild tiger population to Central Asia for the first time in more than 70 years.
- Kazakhstan has released the Amur tiger Umit — whose name means "hope" in Kazakh — into the unfenced Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce wild tigers to Central Asia, where the species vanished more than 70 years ago.
- Conservationists fitted Umit with a GPS/GSM tracking collar to monitor her movements.
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- Updated: 06/08/2026 - 13:41 GMT+2 Kazakhstan released the Amur tiger Umit into the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, marking a key step in a project to restore a wild tiger population to Central Asia for the first time in more than 70 years.
- Kazakhstan has released the Amur tiger Umit — whose name means "hope" in Kazakh — into the unfenced Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, as part of an ambitious project to reintroduce wild tigers to Central Asia, where the species vanished more than 70 years ago.
- Conservationists fitted Umit with a GPS/GSM tracking collar to monitor her movements.
Sources: Euronews