Tiger’s Path, a joint Russian-German expedition, took place in the Primorye Territory September 11-24. Expedition members – conservationists Franka Leehr, Julia Schindler, Christoph Gayer and Johannes Hetterich, students from the Primorye Territory and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) members from Russia and Germany – visited partially and completely protected nature reserves. During the expedition they met with specialists working to protect Amur tigers, planted cedar trees and worked the soil for the sake of ungulates. They learnt to recognise tracks and signs left by animals. The expedition also took a flight on a Mi-8 helicopter to check whether wildfires or illegal logging were occurring in the Smolyaninovo and Volno-Nadezhdinskoye districts. In addition, they visited the Ussuri Nature Reserve and observed Amur tigers there. Each member of the expedition installed a camera trap to take photos of the tigers.

On September 26, the Tiger’s Path expedition participated in Tiger Day celebrations in Vladivostok.

The expedition reached its main objective: drawing attention to the issue of tiger conservation. The travellers of the “tiger’s path” are sharing their adventures with others and posting photos and videos on the internet, so that nature lovers all over the world can learn about the issues connected to protecting Amur tigers.