Big cat and Bear tale

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What comes to this interaction between bears and tigers, I think, that one interesting issue concerning these animals to discuss about would be natural factors and do those have different impacts to these animals. Olga.boshoi mentioned in her message before joining this forum, that there aren´t so many brown bears in that area, where there are tigers, but that there are a lot of black bears. That made at least me interested, because even though I didn´t think, that tigers would expel suddenly brown bears, it of course raised question, that has something else happened in time.

Then I found that one report about forest fires where was told, that those fires have had real impact to brown bear population because fire damages forces brown bears to migrate and find areas with food and sufficient habitat. Then again raises question, that when forest fires have such impact to brown bears forcing them to resettle at least for some time period, how come there still are a lot of black bears? Black bears, after all should also suffer if flora is destroyed.

It would be nice to know more, that where biggest forest fires have been? And have in those areas been also tigers and black bears, and if so, why brown bears suffer most about such catastrophes? Or have these fires happened mainly in areas, where mostly only brown bears, what comes to predators?

A little bit out of that, but then again poaching.... when tigers are most probably nowadays under best surveillance and protection, does that leave for instance brown bears more vulnerable for poaching outside "tiger areas"? Bear is after all, always been a very wanted animal for many hunters and also many superstitions included to it. Areas there are huge and it is logical, that when protection is focused to certain place, other areas can´t be supervised and protected as good with limited resources. Reply