The Turanian Tiger today for many it sounds like a tale, a legend. But 100 years ago people of Lake Balkhash and Ili River basin were afraid to encounter this predator and they had all legitimate reasons for it.
Why the steppe tiger was called Turanian? Where did this pride in danger of Central Asia come from? Why did they disappear so quickly? How and without a trace? How did Bukhara deer and resettlement policy influence the position of the Turanian Tiger?
