Return of the Caspian tiger

Tuesday 15th September 2026

Although it is the combination of an admirable rewilding programme, three CFZ expeditions to neighbouring Tajikistan have gained a lot of of evidence for the continued existence of the indigenous Caspian Tiger population. What happens to them now? If these new introductions are a success then they will be diluted into the wider tiger population. Is this a good thing? A bad thing? Or just a thing? I truly don’t know JD

The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan

The wild capture and release of a female big cat into a nature reserve is the first step towards reintroducing a population that hasn’t been seen …

JUST IN CASE YOU DIDN’T KNOW

The Centre for Fortean Zoology is the Anglophone world’s largest and longest standing mystery animal research group.
*  You can find us at cfz.org.uk  
*. We stream a biweekly show on Youtube called On the Track
*. Follow this link to subscribe to our free monthly newsletter

Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and an eleven year old granddaughter called Evelyn.