Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Roflcopters]

Quote:The 258kg weight was reported by a photographer. Someone added that to wikipedia. That is no credible source to confirm the weight as legit.

pretty sure the photographer went and interviewed park officials that were involved in the whole T24/Zoo drama. read the original press-release, each person interviewed narrated their version of who T24/Ustad really was and his struggles. 

Y K Sahoo (Field director and chief conservator of forest)
Sudarshan Sharma (Deputy field director who oversaw T24/Ustaad’s relocation to Sajjangarh park)
R N Mehrotra (former chief wildlife warden)
R K Tyagi (former chief wildlife warden)

Quote:Even 240kg weight was not adjusted for stomach food.

I don’t really follow the stomach content arguments, i find it pretty irrelevant. a tiger that just had a meal or baited will weigh more than he would on an empty stomach. it’s pretty damn obvious, unless you know for sure. it’s not worthy of a discussion. 

Quote:At the time of shifting, local newspaper reported his weight as 215kg. Check the first page of this thread.

check your own reference from the same page. post #6 
newspaper states that T24 weighed more than 215kg when he was brought to the zoo. no definite number was provided. 

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this news article was either from Dec/6/2015 or Dec/7/2015 


if you think something is false, bring enough proof to support your argument. contact the forest department maybe. only reason i took this debate was because i knew of another male that was relocated from Ranthambore to Sariska in 2008 and as a young male, he weighed 220kg. weights of 220-250kg+ aren’t uncommon from this area. Reply