ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris)

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Confirmation by Yuri Kya that the tiger 'Odyr' indeed killed a large adult male brown bear

A poster named 'goodhope683' contacted the forest inspector Yuri Kya (the man who found the killed male brown bear's carcass, measured its paw width and examined the kill-site) and specifically asked him if the tiger did in fact kill an adult male brown bear and if the bear's paw width was measured correctly. 

Yuri Kya has confirmed first-hand (via email) that the killed brown bear's palm callus width was 18 cm and was a male brown bear killed by the tiger. So this is an undeniable confirmed account of a medium-sized tiger hunting, fighting and killing a larger "impressive-sized" adult male brown bear in a season/year when there was a good harvest of food for bears in the forest.

The tiger Odyr received minor damage to his front paw from the fight. This was determined later by tracking him.

Note that in brown bears, only very large, old males (usually more than 10 years old) weighing more than 250 kg - 350+kg, have a palm callus width of 18 cm:

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Translation:


Dear Yuri Kya:

I found news in your reserve. The tiger killed the brown bear. The bear has a front paw callus width of 18 cm. Tell me, is this measured correctly? If correct, this is an adult male brown bear. This is the answer the WCS animal expert would like to know. Is this an adult male brown bear?

Your answer will help me a lot!

I wish you all the best,
Bruce


Yuri Kya:

Hello Bruce, dear colleague!

Yes, indeed, there was such a case when our tiger caught a male brown bear. I confirm the width of the front heel. Unfortunately, it was not possible to accurately "trace" (track) the entire chain of events of the tiger hunt, at that time there was a heavy snowfall. But on the spot there was a lot of broken bushes and withered grass trampled down. The predator was scared away from the prey by all-terrain caterpillar vehicles, later it returned to the remains of the bear more than once. Later, I traced his trail, but the tiger received minor damage to its paw.

Earlier, I repeatedly found the claws of bears in the feces of tigers, as well as traces of their successful hunts, some of which they got from dens in winter.

SINCERELY!

Yuri Kya

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Yuri Kya, a seasoned forest inspector/ranger & taiga woodsman, is highly trained and experienced at accurately judging, tracking and measuring the traces of wild animals in the forest. He also conducts the census of wild animals in the Khekhtsir reserve. 

Yuri Kya next to the killed large male brown bear's partially-eaten carcass:

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Yuri Kya also features in this short documentary about the Khekhtsir Reserve in the Khabarovsk taiga. Yuri Kya is a native person who belongs to the Udege tribe. He has lived and walked in the taiga for his entire life. In this video, you can truly see that he is a man with a vast amount of knowledge and experience about both the flora and fauna of the Khabarovsk taiga:

Yuri Kya (Chief engineer for forest protection and forestry activities of the Khekhtsir Reserve):

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