Alert in Russia for the increase in deadly tiger attacks after Putin saved them from extinction

The Siberian or Amur tiger, the largest of its kind and the largest among all feline species on Earth, is causing chaos in eastern Russia. Despite being protected by Putin’s Government due to its endangered status, there have been reports of attacks on humans recently.

According to an article published by the Daily Mail, Viktor S., a man who went searching for the place where his dog was killed, allegedly by the same tiger, was brutally mutilated and murdered in the Khabarovsk region of eastern Russia in December.

Investigators discovered the remains of the man near the Khabarovsk region, with clear signs of a tiger attack and consumption.

This is not an isolated incident. Sergey Kyalundzyuga, a local fisherman, was attacked and seriously injured by a wild tiger that jumped out of his window. Thankfully, he survived after his cousin shot the tiger dead.

Another individual, Darya Ulyanova, suffered severe lacerations to her shoulder and both arms during a tiger attack while she was reportedly using the bathroom in the bushes during a holiday trip. Her husband saved her life by ramming the tiger with his truck.

These tigers not only attack humans but also domestic animals. At a Russian border post with China in the Khabarovsk region, a tiger killed a trained guard dog. In the village of Kutuzovka, south of Khabarovsk, a tiger killed a guard dog, and another dog was likely eaten by the same tiger in the village of Srednekhorskii, about 40 kilometers away.

In the neighboring Primorsky region, a house guard dog in Kuguki, north of Vladivostok, was viciously attacked by a tiger. There have been reports of tiger attacks on dogs in at least three villages in the Anuchinsky district of the Primorsky region, with a 60 kg guard dog being killed earlier this month. These tigers belong to the Amur species, where males can weigh up to 190 kg.

These attacks can be attributed to two main factors. Firstly, the Russian Government’s protection of these tigers, which were on the brink of extinction but now have an estimated population of over 750 specimens. Secondly, according to zoologist Sergei Kolchin, the destruction of predator habitats caused by logging, overhunting of tiger prey, and swine fever has played a significant role.