The Khabarovsk Territory government is preparing a proposal to ban oak felling because it is decreasing the food supply of tigers, which consequently migrate towards populated areas.

Governor Vyacheslav Shport said local residents have been complaining about tigers’ attacking domestic animals. “The tiger population has increased, and the number of poachers has dwindled to almost zero. The tigers’ food supply has decreased because the number of wild boars is down, and, in turn, the number of wild boars has decreased because of oak felling. As a result, tigers attack dogs,” Shport told the local media.

Employees from the Khabarovsk Territory Department of Hunting Supervision regularly remind locals about the rules of behaviour in the areas populated by the Amur tigers. They recommend reporting tiger attacks on people and animals and caution against preventing them from trapping tigers. The tigers that are caught near populated areas are taken to special rehabilitation centres, such as the Utyos Wildlife Rehabilitation Centre near Khabarovsk or the Tiger Centre in the village of Alekseyevka in the Primorye Territory.