News > Siberian tiger travels 200 km across Russian forest to reunite with former mate

Siberian tiger travels 200 km across Russian forest to reunite with former mate

NDTV | 16/12/2024 02:12 PM | Click to read full article

Rescued as orphans from the Sikhote-Alin mountains in 2012, Boris and Svetlaya were raised in a conservation program. The tigers were tracked and separated to promote the spread of their population. Typically tigers tend to roam within a specific territory, but Boris was moving in a remarkably straight line for nearly three years to reunite with Svetlaya. Six months later, their love story culminated in the birth of a litter of cubs.

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