In China, a joint Chinese-Russian scientific laboratory was opened in Heilongjiang province to preserve and restore the Amur tiger population. The laboratory appeared thanks to the support of two leading organizations in the field of research and wildlife conservation - the Center for the Study of Felidae at the Chinese Northeastern University of Forestry and the A.N. Institute of Ecology and Evolution A.N. Severtsov RAS (IPEE RAS).
As part of the work, the laboratory plans to create a gene library of Amur tigers and Far Eastern leopards, monitor and study diseases of wild animals, and also observe the behavior of Amur tiger cubs.
“The Amur tiger and the Amur leopard have been returning to China in recent years, primarily due to conservation measures in the Russian Federation. Wild animals know no boundaries, and they need to be studied and preserved together with our Chinese colleagues. We hope that joint research within the framework of the newly created laboratory will allow us to save the tiger in Russia and China,” said the director of the Institute of Ecology and Evolution of the Russian Academy of Sciences, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Doctor of Biological Sciences Sergey Valerievich Naidenko.
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