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

[peter]

Thanks, Guate. The answer to the last question is important. I haven't heard a lot of the WCS Siberian Tiger Project lately. I didn't read any documents. The Russian team, on the other hand, seems to be much more active. Has there been a budget cut, is the inactivity (partly) a result of the article on the Aldrich-snare or is there something else?  

Regarding the first question. I read the thesis I'm discussing at the moment more than once and, therefore, know the average weights of the different species mentioned were based on records published in recent Russian documents (Bromlej and Kucherenko 1983, and Danilkin, 1999). The averages for Amur tigers were based on the overview of Slaght et al. (2005).

One more thing. The tigers monitored were captured with modified Aldrich foot-snares. I don't think Miller, regarding 'modified', referred to the incidents described in an article of a Russian team member, as he referred to a document of Goodrich published in 2001 (see pp. 12). Reply