Moment first rare tiger in 70 years released in Kazakhstan

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1. Thu, 6 August 2026

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   • BBC News World04:59first to report
     Moment first rare tiger in 70 years released in Kazakhstan

     Umit, a female Amur tiger, has been released as part of a programme to restore the animal's population, which was wiped out in central Asia a century ago.

   • Euronews11:41
     Moment rare Amur tiger is released into Kazakh wild

     Kazakhstan released the Amur tiger Umit into the Ile-Balkhash Nature Reserve, marking a key step in a project to restore a wild tiger population to Central Asia for the first time in more than 70 years.

2. Tue, 11 August 2026

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   • The Guardian World10:00
     The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan

     The wild capture and release of a female big cat into a nature reserve is the first step towards reintroducing a population that hasn’t been seen for 70 years On 31 July, “Umit” – which means hope in Kazakh – was released into a nature reserve on the edge of Lake Balkhash after more than a decade of careful planning to return the caspian tiger to the region. With this release, Kazakhstan became the first country to restore its tiger range after they had been thought extinct, with the last...