More than 70 Years Ago Its Species Disappeared; Now They Have Just Released the Tiger Umit in Kazakhstan to Resurrect the Caspian Tiger in Central Asia in a 25-Year Project
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The van door opened and Umit jumped into the tall grass. On July 31, 2026, this Amur tiger was released into the Ile-Balkhash State Natural Reserve and became the first tiger to return to freedom in Kazakhstan after more than 70 years. Her mission is enormous, although she does not know it. Umit heads a program that aims to recover a tiger population in the ancient territory of the Caspian tiger, disappeared in the 20th century. To achieve this,…
A female named Umit was released into a reserve in southern Kazakhstan after months of adaptation; the project aims to rebuild the wild population and restore the historical ecosystem of Central Asia. A Siberian tiger named Umit was released into the wild in Kazakhstan almost 80 years after the species was declared extinct. Credit: Press release/Government of Kazakhstan. Almost 80 years after the tiger's extinction in the country, Kazakhstan has…
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