China News Service, Changchun, February 19 (Guo Jia Yanchang only Liu Chenhang) Jilin Tianqiaoling Forestry Bureau announced on the 19th that two Siberian tiger footprints were discovered in the area under its jurisdiction over the past week. The locations were more than 20 kilometers apart, two days apart. .
On February 16, the Tianqiaoling Forestry Bureau received a report from the rangers of Zhangjiadian Forest Farm. They found suspected Siberian tiger footprints while patrolling the junction of Zhangjiadian Forest Farm and Huapi Forest Farm.
The palm pad of this footprint is about 8.5 cm wide and about 13 cm long. The staff identified it as a Siberian tiger footprint.
On February 18, the Tianqiaoling Forestry Bureau received another report that the rangers of the Putaogou Forest Farm found a suspected Siberian tiger footprint.
The footprint of this footprint is 11.5 cm wide, with a step distance of 120 cm on the same side and 80 cm on the opposite side.
It was identified as an adult male Siberian tiger.
The staff measured the footprints of the Siberian tiger on site.
Photo courtesy of Jilin Tianqiaoling Forestry Bureau
The two forest farms where the Siberian tiger was found are only more than 20 kilometers apart.
However, in terms of natural conditions, there is no need to worry too much about the phenomenon of "one mountain accommodates two tigers". The forest area under the jurisdiction of Tianqiaoling Forestry Bureau is close to 200,000 hectares, which is a vast forest, enough for them to move freely.
In recent years, traces of tigers and leopards in Tianqiaoling have appeared frequently.
In 2015, male adult wild Siberian tigers were photographed in the 9th forest class and 6th group; in 2018, male adult wild Siberian tigers were photographed in the 40th forest class 19th group; in 2019, the wild Siberian tiger was photographed in Lindugou of Xinkai Forest Farm; In 2020, male adult wild Northeastern leopards and others were photographed in Linban 15.
99.99% of the state-owned forest area of Tianqiaoling Forestry Bureau has been allocated to the Northeast Tiger and Leopard National Park.
Today, the Tianqiaoling forest area has become a potential settlement for the expansion of the Siberian tiger and leopard populations in the Hunchun and Wangqing National Nature Reserves in Jilin Province. It is also a key ecological corridor for the expansion of the Siberian tiger and leopard from Russia to the hinterland of Changbai Mountain along the junction of Jilin and Heilongjiang. .
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