Residents of the JAO were frightened by a tiger that appeared near Birobidzhan

Residents of the villages of the Jewish Autonomous Okrug, following the Khabarovsk residents, complained about the visits of wild tigers. As writes KP.RU, this winter in the JAR, an unusually many cases of predators coming out to people in order to get their own food – livestock or yard dogs. Reports that a tiger roams in the vicinity of the village have already come from the suburb of Birobidzhan – Avgustovsky.

The mayor of the capital of the region, Maxim Semenov, said that police officers organized patrols, and employees of the Forest Protection Service would also drive the animal away from the territory of the village if it was noticed next to people. The official asked residents to be vigilant, not to walk at night and immediately report this to emergency services when they meet an animal.

In turn, local residents in social networks are actively discussing measures to prevent tiger attacks: “We need to hide the dogs so that he has nothing to profit from here, and he left.”

Experts confirm that Amur tigers go to human dwellings because of hunger, when their usual food becomes less available. In particular, zoologists have already pointed to a decline in the wild boar population, which was the result of deforestation and hunting.

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