The Amur tiger Borya has left the Bureysky District and is now headed for the Oktyabrsky District, Amur Region. In mid-May, Borya swam across the Bureya River and checked out the Zavitinsky Reserve.

Borya then moved further northwest. The employees of the Regional Department of Wildlife Conservation monitor his movement using a GPS collar that emits a signal once a day.

“We have already sent out notifications to heads of the Zavitinsky and Oktyabrsky districts, so that they notify the locals accordingly and tell them to exercise caution when going to the forest,” Nikolai Stepanov, Deputy Head of the Department of Wildlife Protection at the Amur Hunting Directorate, said.

Residents of these areas are advised to leave dogs home when they go into the woods. They are also advised not to approach animal carcasses, as the tiger may be nearby.

The Amur tigers Borya, Kuzma and Ilona were released into the wild by Vladimir Putin in May 2014. Satellite collars were attached to all three to track their movements. The tigers were about 18 months old when they were released. Now they feel at home in the wild and have travelled several thousand kilometres in just one year. Borya covered 2,400 km in the past year.

He spent a long time in central Arkharinsky District.