Operation Amba

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Sibirian Tiger

Operation Amba is the code name of a Russian program to protect the Siberian tiger ( Panthera tigris altaica ) from poaching . The protection program was founded in 1993 under the leadership of the Global Survival Network .

General

Operation Amba was designed as a strategic defense of the tiger in Russia's Far East and focused on the identification and neutralization of poachers and smugglers .

Small groups of mobile units lived in the taiga and created a network with the local population. This supported the conservationists and provided important information. Support from the local community and state law enforcement agencies was a key element of the program. The name Operation Amba was borrowed from the Udehe language. The Siberian natives use the word Amba to describe the dark side of the tiger mythologically and animistically. However, this belief has its origin in Indian mythology.

Operation Amba was very successful. Young tigers were rescued, and prey and weapons were confiscated from poachers. With raids illegal operations were disrupted and criminal rings shattered by poachers.

It is thanks to Operation Amba that the Siberian tiger was not completely eradicated in the mid-1990s. It helped to stabilize the population after years of heavy poaching. Before Operation Amba, an estimated 60 to 70 tigers were killed by poachers each year. They sold parts of the body (fur, bones, teeth) to black market dealers . By 1995 the tiger population had shrunk dramatically. There were only 250 to 300 animals left. Until 2001, the poachers only hunted 8 to 10 tigers per year. The population recovered to around 400 to 450 tigers. According to a count by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), the current number is between 480 and 520 animals. This does not include the population of a smaller subspecies in China .

See also

literature

  • John Seidensticker, Peter Jackson, Sarah Christie (Eds.): Riding the Tiger. Tiger Conservation in Human-dominated Landscapes. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge et al. 1999, ISBN 0-521-64057-1 .
  • Valmik Thapar: Saving Wild Tigers, 1900-2000. The Essential Writings. Permanent Black et al., Delhi et al. 2006, ISBN 81-7824-150-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Matthiessen : Tiger in the snow. A plea for the Siberian tiger. , P. 143
  2. ↑ http://www.3sat.de/3sat.php?http://www.3sat.de/ard/sendung/115775/index.html
  3. ↑ Internet Archive: The tiger . Alfred A. Knopf, 2010 ( archive.org [accessed November 29, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Mahabharata . January 9, 2017 ( sulekha.com ).
  5. ↑ Final Report ( Memento of the original from April 29, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.savethetigerfund.org
  6. ↑ Highlighted grants ( Memento of the original dated June 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.turnerfoundation.org
  7. ^ The Telegraph: World's biggest tiger winning extinction fight

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