Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Pckts]

(12-11-2019, 03:38 PM)Rishi Wrote:

(12-11-2019, 02:14 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(12-11-2019, 06:47 AM)Rishi Wrote:

(12-11-2019, 04:43 AM)BlakeW39 Wrote: Hey guys! I have a question for the community here. What would you guys consider the largest reliably weighed tiger? I'm presuming we are discluding all of the outrageous 800lb cats, but is the biggest one the 272kg, the 280kg, the 300, the 320kg..?

No, not those... Check the one from Dudhwa (or Pilibhit? @Pckts) discussed on page 13 & 14 of this thread. Verified by Dr. Wasif Jamshed of WII.
More on him & his peers here #389.

Have they published those weights somewhere or is that unofficial? Any photos from weighing?

I think @Pckts got it from Dr. Jamshed personally (& was not to make anything public, I recall him individually PMing us the info on request). I don't know how the guy in the screenshot knows... probably in the same way.

I knew from Facebook that he works in Dudhwa/Pilibhit area, otherwise location wasn't disclosed either.

That's correct, he originally instructed me not to disclose the location due to poaching threats. 
He's got quite a few there over the 300kg mark according to him. 
Regardless of if you believe him or not there is no denying that those guys look absolutely massive.

But you can see Wasif weighing many cats on his FB page so his words should carry more weight than most.
I'm also curious what exactly qualifies as acceptable?
Every weight we read about it seems like someone has an excuse one way or the other. Reply