Motion-activated camera detects Amur tiger in Khabarovsk Territory

Motion-activated camera detects Amur tiger in Khabarovsk Territory

25 March 2013

Motion-activated cameras which have been installed at the Anyui National Park will make it possible to watch animals in their natural surroundings, the Ministry of Natural Resources of the Khabarovsk Territory said in a statement.

 

"Three motion-activated cameras have been installed for initial tests in the park's feeding areas, and the first photos of animals, including boars, a fox and an Amur tiger, were captured three days later," the statement said.

 

The motion-activated camera, which is encased inside a camouflaged airtight body, features an infrared flash and takes images even at night. All images are stored on a removable memory card and are subsequently processed by specialists.

 

The Ministry said motion-activated cameras were used all over the world to study populations of rare and endangered animal species. This equipment makes it possible to monitor the Amur tiger and Amur (Far Eastern) leopard populations. Motion-activated cameras also make it possible to study animals in their natural surroundings by pinpointing their tracks. In some cases, an animal with extremely keen senses and hearing stops in its tracks for a split second at the sight of a human being and then disappears instantly inside the taiga thickets. Specialists believe that cameras will also record the presence of poachers in the national park.