Trail cameras continue to register the Siberian tigress named Zolushka (Cinderella), who was released back into the wild in the Bastak Nature Reserve in May 2013. The tigress' trails and photographs show that she is often followed by a large adult male tiger, which had previously been tracked in that nature reserve in the Jewish Autonomous Region in Russia's Far East.

Zolushka looks well, meaning she has adapted to life in the wild and is using the tricks she learned at the Rehabilitation and Reintroduction Centre for tigers and other rare animals. In particular, she is able to hunt prey, avoids humans and has developed a proper attitude toward other tigers. The staff of the Bastak reserve are also hoping that she will settle down and mate.

According to their records, Zolushka has learned to avoid the tigers' worst enemy, the brown bear. The records read:

"22-24 January 2014. Toured the northwestern and northern parts of the reserve on snowmobiles. Found Zolushka's trails, followed by a bear and a large adult male tiger. The trails followed one another from Skalistaya Mountain to the site where Zolushka had been released. Tracked them for 9.5 km, collected biological material, checked trail cameras. They have recorded Zolushka and another tiger.

"29-30 January. Found the trail of an adult male tiger (pads 11.5 x 12.5 cm) three km northeast of Novy village. The male went up the Bastak River on ice. Zolushka moved up the Left Bastak River (found her trail 1 km east of Novy village). No sign of the bear. Trail cameras have recorded Zolushka."

This means that Zolushka remains within the Bastak reserve, the staff of which report regular sightings of the tigress and collect her biological material, which they send to the Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

Five tiger cubs are undergoing rehabilitation at the Rehabilitation and Reintroduction Centre in Alekseyevka, the Primorye Territory. Scientists are considering several options for releasing them back to the wild.