The paw prints of a male Amur tiger have been found near the village of Sofiysk in the Ulchi District of the Khabarovsk Territory. This is the northernmost presence of a tiger recorded this year.

Earlier, locals claimed to have seen tiger paw prints on the outskirts of Sofiysk. Specialists headed for the site. Upon studying the area, they confirmed that those were indeed tiger paw prints: a male tiger had come from the left bank of the Amur, then swam across the Gornaya rivulet, walked up the Kamenka brook as far as the dirt road, visited a spontaneous dump and then moved towards the village and walked around it.

“These aren’t the paw prints of Uporny. He is one of those tigers who are often dubbed roamers, as it is unclear where they come from or where they go. Moreover, they appear in areas that are poor habitats for tigers. Unfortunately, these roaming tigers face a hard lot due to a lack of prey in areas they roam into,” said Sergei Aramilev, director of the Primorye branch of the Amur Tiger Centre.

In the meantime, the paw prints of a female Amur tiger were spotted near the village of Lebedinoye in the Khasan District of the Primorye Region, becoming the southernmost point of the tiger range in Russia.