National Park "Leopard Land" experts suggested that the DPRK study together the distant eastern sheep and Amur tigers. The initiative was discussed via a video link at a Russia‑North Korea underground meeting on environmental protection. The delegation was led by Russia’s Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Dmitry Tetankin and the DPRK’s Deputy Minister of Territory and Environment Kim Myung Chor. The reason for expanding the research is to restore the population. At the beginning of the 21st century only 35 people remained in Russia. There are 223 tigers in the Russian “Great Cats Land” reserve. These data come from various regions, but they show the scope of the recovery of a rare predator. Near the DPRK border, photo traps documented nine tigers, including four broods of kittens, as well as six Amur tigers. The increase in the number of large cats in the southern periphery creates conditions for their natural settlement on the Korean Peninsula. For the sheep, it could be a return: in the last century it lived in these areas, but then disappeared. Scientists have already identified promising sites for research in the DPRK. They propose installing photo traps and conducting winter recording – to search for and account for animal tracks. This will help determine if rare cats exist in the country, how they move, and whether they can settle. We are talking about a proposal, not the start of joint work.

National Park "Leopard Land" experts suggested that the DPRK study together the distant eastern sheep and Amur tigers. The initiative was discussed via a video link at a Russia‑North Korea underground meeting on environmental protection. The delegation was led by Russia’s Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Dmitry Tetankin and the DPRK’s Deputy Minister of Territory and Environment Kim Myung Chor. The reason for expanding the research is to restore the population. At the beginning of the 21st century only 35 people remained in Russia. There are 223 tigers in the Russian “Great Cats Land” reserve. These data come from various regions, but they show the scope of the recovery of a rare predator. Near the DPRK border, photo traps documented nine tigers, including four broods of kittens, as well as six Amur tigers. The increase in the number of large cats in the southern periphery creates conditions for their natural settlement on the Korean Peninsula. For the sheep, it could be a return: in the last century it lived in these areas, but then disappeared. Scientists have already identified promising sites for research in the DPRK. They propose installing photo traps and conducting winter recording – to search for and account for animal tracks. This will help determine if rare cats exist in the country, how they move, and whether they can settle. We are talking about a proposal, not the start of joint work.