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A wild Siberian tiger was spotted near Changbai Mountain in Northeast China's Jilin province on Tuesday, marking the return of the species to the mountain after a 30-year hiatus, according to the Jilin Provincial Forestry and Grassland Bureau. 

据吉林省林业和草原局消息，12月3日，中国东北吉林省长白山附近发现了一只野生东北虎踪迹，标志着野生东北虎时隔30年重回长白山腹地。

Staff members from the Changbai Mountain Nature Reserve Management Center captured clear footage of the tiger near a tourist road on the western slope of the mountain. Seven days earlier, the reserve center personnel found what appeared to be wild Siberian tiger tracks, 300 meters away from the location.

3日，长白山自然保护管理中心工作人员在长白山西坡的一条旅游公路沿线附近发现野生东北虎，并拍摄到清晰画面。7天前，有工作人员在距此地300米处发现疑似野生东北虎足迹。

The bureau said the discovery of a wild Siberian tiger, or Northeast China tiger, in the Changbai Mountain National Nature Reserve signifies an expansion of the tiger's habitat, which extends over 200 kilometers westward from the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park.

吉林省林业和草原局称，在长白山国家级自然保护区发现野生东北虎，标志着野生东北虎栖息地进一步扩大，从中国东北虎豹国家公园向西扩展了200多公里。

Staff members then deployed nine monitoring cameras near the discovery site and promptly devised a plan to prevent human-tiger conflicts, issuing warnings to the public and installing warning signs at the location to alert people about the presence of tigers.

随后，工作人员在发现地附近布设9部监测相机，并迅速制定预防人虎冲突预案，向公众发布预警，并在发现地设立警示牌，提醒公众注意此地有虎出没。

The bureau highlighted that in recent years, Jilin has intensified its ecological conservation efforts by prohibiting hunting and commercial logging in natural forests. The biodiversity of flora and fauna in the Changbai Mountain forests continues to thrive, with species like sika deer and roe deer increasing year by year.

吉林省林业和草原局强调，多年来，吉林省持续加大生态保护力度，采取封山禁猎、全面停止天然林商业性采伐等措施。长白山森林内动植物种类不断丰富，梅花鹿、狍子等物种逐年增多。

Established in October 2021, the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park is located at the junction of Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces in China, in the southern region of the Laoye Mountain — a branch of Changbai Mountain. Over 6,800 patrol officers have been patroll