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

[peter]

Here's another thought.

During the British Raj, hunting was as popular as it gets. Although only few wrote about their experiences, the amount of books published was staggering. I'm not saying all make for good reading, but many are interesting.

Visit 'Tiger Hunting Books' or 'Safari Press' and see if there's anything you like. My advice is to buy a few. 

Some books are on the internet. Here's one you should read:
  
https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.155733/page/n181

Brig.-Gen. R.G. Burton was a hunter and a writer. His passion, apart from tigers, was accuracy. In capitals. If you want to know more about tiger and dhole interaction a century ago, go to pages 100-104. The rest of 'The Book of the Tiger' (1933) is highly recommended as well.

Some weeks ago, I posted a few stories about tigers and dholes I read in books written by Kenneth Anderson. He was one of the last who actually saw dholes chasing tigers in southern India, but he wasn't the only one. Some of those who were stationed in northern India well before before 1900 also wrote about tigers and dholes. 

Not one of us is saying that Ullas Karanth is wrong about tigers and dholes today. But today is different from yesterday. Reply