The tigers Cheget and Tessi are preparing to return to the wild in the Caucasus.
Young males were born in May 2025 at the Caucasus Tiger Recovery Center. Now each weighs almost 45 kg - bigger than its mother. They have already been moved to separate enclosures, hunt horseshoes on their own and successfully deal with the prey.
Chejet and Tsai are the third generation of tigers born at the center. Their parents Shiva and Filo arrived from Sweden in 2020 as part of an international cooperation program.
Next year the brothers will have to pass the "exams" and go explore the vastness of the Russian Caucasus.