Camera traps at Georgia’s national parks catch rare, amusing moments of wildlife
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Georgian wildlife experts are celebrating the sighting of a rare species of otters in one of the country’s national parks.
A camera trap spotted a pair of otters in the Algeti National Park 60 kilometres away from Tbilisi.
This is the first time in the history of the Algeti National Park that these animals have been spotted.
The otter is on Georgia’s ‘Red List’ of threatened species.
The otter live only in an area where there is clean water and clean food, meaning the Algeti National Park meets these criteria.
Several years ago camera traps were installed in Georgia’s protected areas and national parks to capture footage and prove that a variety of animals, some rare, live in the country’s uninhabited areas.
Apart from this rare glimpse of otters, other wild animals have also been spotted, with the most recent case of this surprisingly photogenic deer in the Borjomi-Kharagauli National Park in central Georgia.
And this bear, desperately trying to relieve an itch and looking uncannily like Baloo from Jungle Book, was spotted in the Kintrishi Protected Landscape in the west of Georgia.
Apart from spotting rare animals, camera traps are also a good tool to reduce poaching and identify offenders. If the devices notice movement, such as an animal passing by or illegal hunting, it records the image and sends it to the Administration of Protected Areas. This helps the national parks and protected areas to prevent poaching in the area.
A camera trap spotted the wild goat in the Lagodekhi Protected Area in the east of Georgia. This is the first time in the history of the Lagodekhi Protected Area that this animal has been spotted.
Camera traps in Georgia’s national parks and protected areas are continuing to spot various wild animals in the country’s uninhabited land.
A camera trap in one of Georgia’s protected areas has proven that roe deer are very photogenic animals. This curious roe deer was spotted at the Lagodekhi Protected Area in eastern Georgia earlier in May.
Camera traps in Georgia’s national parks and protected areas are continuing to spot various wild animals in Georgia's uninhabited land.
Employees of Environmental Supervision Department and regional reintroduced a lost roe deer back into Machakhela National Park on July 31. Machakhela Park Director Giorgi Kuridze said hounds had made the roe deer run from the forest.
The Georgian Agency of Wildlife has released 10,000 stream trout at the source of the Ritseula river and its tributary Khedeturi river.
Two young gazelles were captured on camera traps clashing their horns on Samukhi Plain, a location in eastern Georgia's Vashlovani Protected Areas where the animals have been reintroduced recently.
Camera traps in Georgia’s national parks and protected areas are continuing to spot various wild animals in Georgia's uninhabited land. The recent camera trap of the Agency of Wildlife has caught a badger on one of its sites.
The Georgian Agency of Wildlife has released 700 stream trout into the Khrami river, in Kvemo Kartli region in order to restore the local population.
A new generation of gazelles has been caught on camera in eastern Georgia's Vashlovani Protected Areas, providing further signs of success for the 2014-launched project for reintroducing the population in the country.
The first sighting of a leopard in Georgia in 12 years a few weeks ago has marked a high point for conservationists in the country, with the environmentalist community celebrating the milestone.
A camera trap at eastern Georgia’s natural site of Tusheti protected areas has captured a sight of a leopard, the Nacres conservation research group said on Friday.