In the area of ​​Yenokavan village of Tavush region, the cameras of the Armenian branch of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) recorded a leopard.

Earlier, on 19 November, 2019, it was reported that a leopard had attacked one of the residents of Yenokavan. A laboratory examination of the animal’s hair, which was taken as a sample from the clothes of a villager who had suffered from the attack, was carried out in Germany, with 99% accuracy refuting the fact of a leopard attack. As a result of field research, no leopard was found.

Trusting the injured Arman Gabrielyan and listening to his claims that the animal that attacked him was a leopard, WWF Armenia specialists continued field research. As a result, the geography of camera placement has expanded. Arman Gabrielyan himself, the residents of Yenoqavan, as well as the “Future Resort” company have provided great support to the research.

The research gave a positive result, and the cameras recorded the leopard.

Thus, we can state that after a 50-year break, the leopard returned to Tavush region. The animal was last seen in the area in the 1970s. Tavush became the fourth region in Armenia where a leopard lives.

The video was published by Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, noting that this is fantastic news.