Leopard Land National Park has begun installing 100 new camera traps to monitor the population of Amur tigers and leopards that live in the northern and southern parts of the park.

Previously, the park was equipped with 190 camera traps, installed mainly in the hills – the leopards’ habitat. Careful predators, leopards try to avoid meeting tigers, the latter prefer flat land.

This explains why Amur tigers were rarely caught by cameras. “According to photomonitoring, only seven tigers were recorded in the park, but the trail census showed that some 20 tigers inhabit the park. The new camera traps will help verify this information. The data obtained will allow us to determine whether the two species get along and have enough food, and will provide the basis for future conservation activities.