Kazakhstan's Caspian tiger was declared extinct due to hunting by the military and prey reduction, now the country has released its first tiger in the wild after 70 years

The last individual tiger in Kazakhstan was documented in 1948 near the Ili River and Lake Balkhash before the animal went ...

Watch: First rare tiger in 70 years released in Kazakhstan

First rare tiger in 70 years released in Kazakhstan to restore extinct species - ...

The story of Kazakhstan's lost Turan tigers: Hunted to extinction, now making a comeback after 70 years

Tigers are returning to Kazakhstan's wilderness after a 70-year absence. An adult female Amur tiger named Umit was released ...

Who is Umit? Kazakhstan's first wild tiger released after nearly 70 years—but why so late?

After nearly 70 years, a tiger is roaming Kazakhstan's wild again. Meet Umit, the Amur tiger at the heart of one of the world ...

'Historic' Moment Tiger Released Into the Wild as Kazakhstan Takes Steps to Restore Species

Kazakhstan released a female tiger into the wild on July 31, marking a historic attempt to bring back the big cats, which ...
Archaeology

Caspian Tiger Figurine

The last Caspian tiger in northeastern Iran’s Golestan Province was seen in the 1950s, and the subspecies was declared extinct in the early 2000s. These fearsome animals once freely roamed the ...

Where tigers no longer roar: 8 countries that have lost their wild tigers, and what travellers can learn from their silence on this International Tigers Day

For centuries, tigers roared across vast landscapes stretching from the Caspian forests of western Asia to the tropical ...