Russia has gifted Kazakhstan four Amur tigers, including two cubs, as part of efforts to help restore the tiger population in the Lake Balkhash region, Reuters reported.
According to an official Kremlin statement, the animals were captured in Russia’s far eastern Khabarovsk region and transported by air to Kazakhstan ahead of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s three-day visit to the country this week.
Kazakhstan has been working to rebuild its tiger population and considers the Amur tiger a close relative of the extinct Caspian tiger. The latest transfer adds to the number of tigers previously provided to the country by the Netherlands.
