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Reintroduced Tigress Umit Hunts Her First Prey in Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash Reserve

By Dana Omirgazy on 25 August 2026

ASTANA – Tigress Umit, released into Kazakhstan’s Ile-Balkhash State Nature Reserve on July 31 as part of the country’s tiger reintroduction program, is showing positive signs of adapting to the wild, Anuarbek Bermagambetov, head of the Department of Hunting Management and Wildlife, said on the Jibek Joly TV channel...