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Male Javan rhino shot on 31 January 1934 at Sindangkerta in West Java. Specimen is preserved in the Zoological Museum of Buitenzorg

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European hunter with a dead Javan rhinoceros, 1895, Java Island.

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Borneo, 1925 - Captain George L. Anderson with a Javan Rhinoceros in Sandakan region of Sarawak.

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Cambodia, 1930 - William Duckworth with a Javan Rhino

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Tiger hunted in 1870 at  Penang (Sumatra, Indonesia)


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Another tiger 

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Tiger hunted by Suranjan Das.
Group Captain Suranjan Das was one of the two pioneer test pilots in the Indian Air Force (IAF).


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( This post was last modified: 11-26-2014, 06:25 PM by peter )

(11-26-2014, 11:25 AM)'Apollo' Wrote: Tiger hunted in 1870 at  Penang (Sumatra, Indonesia)


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I posted this photograph in the extinction thread in AVA. Initially, I thought the tiger was shot in Sumatra (some of the old Dutch officials used the word Penang when they referred to Sumatra). Later, after a poster told me it probably was Malaysia, I compared the people in the photograph with those in Sumatra. Same for the tiger. I now think the tiger was shot in the southern part of Malaysia, which means he belonged to Panthera tigris corbetti.

There wasn't much difference in size between P.t. corbetti and P.t. sumatrae. The information I have on today's tigers suggests both still are very close in length and weight. P.t. sumatrae, in fact, might even be a trifle larger.

Sumatran tigers, compared to south-east Asian tigers, usually have more stripes and they also are narrower and closer together. The ground colour often is very dark. Furthermore, males tend to have larger heads for their size. They often appear to be a bit more robust and stocky than similar-sized mainland tigers. While I do not agree with his assessment regarding taxonomy (he proposed Panthera sumatrae for Panthera tigris sumatrae), I agree with J.H. Mazak in that they are a slightly different breed. Older, perhaps.
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Great images, but they still make me sad.
They also give me hope, I think humans have come a long way in short period of time. Obviously there is much further to go, but I think we are going in the right direction.
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Tiger hunt was a popular sport for the Colonialists and this decoration is a piece of art to show it from 1959.

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Sumatran tigers from Taronga Zoo in Sydney, Australia, 1919 - 1920

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Tiger hunted in Indonesia in 1920

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In the early 1900s tigers were seen as a problem, trophy and a pest. Tiger densities were high during this period especially in the tropical forests of Sumatra and many foreign companies hired hunters to clear sumatran tigers from their land. Famous hunter such as A.C Van der Valk have killed hundreds of tigers during his assignments in Sumatra, Indonesia which he mentioned his experience in his book "Vangen en jagen in Sumatra’s wildernis / A.C. van der Valk". The arrival of cars in Sumatra helped the hunters alot, they made travelling easier.

The picture below shows H.L. van Wijk, a hunter who was hired by Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij, brought a dead tiger tied to his car. Bataafse Petroleum Maatschappij (BPM), also known as Bataafsche Petroleum Maatschappij (English: Batavian Oil Company) was a subsidiary of the Royal Dutch Shell oil company established in 1907 which extracted and refined oil in the Netherlands East Indies (Indonesia).

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Olden days Tiger hunting in the Himalayan foothills




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A TRIBUTE TO JIM CORBETT 

Edward James "Jim" Corbett (25 July 1875 in Nainital– 19 April 1955 in Nyeri, Kenya) was a British hunter, conservationist, author and naturalist, famous for slaying a large number of man eating tigers and leopards in India. Corbett held the rank of colonel in the British Indian Army and was frequently called upon by the government of the United Provinces, now the Indian states of Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand , to slay man eating tigers and leopards who had killed people in the villages of the Garhwal and Kumaon region. His success in slaying the man-eaters earned him much respect and fame amongst the people residing in the villages of Kumaon, many of whom considered him a sadhu (saint). The legend of Jim Corbett is still alive, not only in the minds and hearts of the people of Kumaon & Garhwal, but also all over the world. His six books, which are the nearest to his autobiographies, have never been out of print. There are four biographies on him and three films on his life have already been made. He lived in Gurney House in Nainital for the greater part of his life with the last of his large family, his mother Mary Jane Corbett and his sister Margaret Winfred Corbett, fondly called Maggie. 

His father, the postmaster in Nainital, died when Jim Corbett was four. It fell to Corbett’s mother to raise and educate 12 children on a widow’s meager pension. His mother, Corbett recalled, “had the courage of Joan of Arc and Nurse Clavell combined”. After the death of his mother in 1924, Maggie and Jim were constant companions to each other and both chose not to marry. 

Jim Corbett was a simple, unassuming man of six feet and a few inches with blue eyes. He dressed only in bush clothing and wore an assortment of hats which he would never forget in the jungle. He was shy but liked the company of his Indian friends. He was known as a shikari, a killer of man-eaters. He loved the people of India and understood their needs and sentiments.





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Family photo of James Corbett, possibly his brother Tom, mother Mary Jane and sister Maggie.
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Having a smoke in Dhikala.

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In later life, Corbett in Nyeri, Kenya.

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A very rare photograph of Jim Corbett, Capt Feddy Young & Col Wood having lunch after a duck shoot in the Ganga Khadar of distt Bijnor, photo taken during the period when Sultana was being hunted down.. (family collection ....jalilpur bijnor)
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 Hunting the Man-Eaters: 

Between 1907 and 1938, Corbett tracked and shot a documented 19 tigers and 14 leopards — a total of 33 recorded and documented mann-eaters. It is estimated that these big cats had killed more than 1,200 men, women and children. The first tiger he killed, the Champawat Tiger in Champawat, was responsible for 436 documented deaths. He also shot the Panar Leopard, which allegedly killed 400 people. This leopard's skull and dentition showed advanced, debilitating gum disease and tooth decay, such as would limit the animal in killing wild game and drive it towards man-eating. One of the most famous was the man-eating Leopard of Rudrapayag, which terrorised the pilgrims to the holy Hindu shrines Kedarnath and Badrinath for more than ten years. Other notable man-eaters he killed were the Talla-Des man-eater, the Mohan man-eater, the Thak man-eater and the Chowgarh tigress.

A child poses with the Man Eating Tiger of Talla Des.
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The Bachelor of Powalgarh.

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Preparing Machaan for shooting 'Chuka maneater'
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The body of the Man Eating Tiger of Chuka after it being skinned.
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With the relatives of last victim of 'Chuka Maneater'; Skull of the skinned maneater
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The Head of the Champawat Man Eater which was documented at being responsible for 436 deaths
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Jim Corbett killing the man-eating leopard of Rudraprayag
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The Panar Maneater.

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Catching a man-eater




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Circus tiger 1905

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This is said to be a Java tiger

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Here is the link
http://media-kitlv.nl/all-media/indeling...eld=tijger






Javan tiger caught in trap at Yogyakarta

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This is a pic of Bali Tiger inside the Museum of Zoology Bogor Indonesia

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Lion hunting in Africa







Lion hunted in India (Asiatic lions)


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This documentary film is from russian archive jean Afanassieff Tiger Hunting in Nepal
Giant tiger hunted in Nepal.
Looks to be easily 600lbs+ specimen.




 
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Watching this stuff just angers me.
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Ruby Mercer and Satan, 7 Year Old Sumatran Tiger in Frank Buck’s Jungleland, New York World’s Fair, 1940

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Goes Through Fire for Ruby Mercer, Satan, 7 Year Old Sumatran Tiger in Frank Buck’s Jungleland, New York World’s Fair, 1940

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A Lady and Satan, Sumatran Tiger in Frank Buck’s Jungleland, World’s Fair New York, 1940

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Satan, 7-year-old Sumatran Tiger, leaps through flaming hoop for trainer Melvin Koontz, Los Angeles, Cal, at Frank Buck’s Jungleland, World’s Fair of 1940 in New York.
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A scientific illustration of animals in Indonesia from Friedrich Specht in 1902, a German painter and natural history illustrator

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Bengal tiger hunted in 1930

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Another Bengal tiger hunted in 1930

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Lord and Lady Cuzon, governor of India in 1903 with tiger.

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Huge Himalayan Black Bear hunted in 1930

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