The last individual tiger in Kazakhstan was documented in 1948 near the Ili River and Lake Balkhash before the animal went extinct from the country. Till then, the country had been home to the native Caspian (Turan) tiger, but a combination of factors led to their extinction from their homeland.

The cubs need to reach the age of 18 months, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Ecology says

Kazajistán liberó por primera vez en más de 70 años a una tigresa de Amur en estado salvaje. Umit fue reintroducida en la Reserva Natural Ile-Balkhash como parte de un programa…