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

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Short note: hunting success.

I will like to make a little remark in the estimation of hunting success. Actually, the often quoted figures are not accurate and are mostly guesses. Vattakaven present his opinion, but it will be interesting to see which is his database, after all a true estimation of the success percentage depends of several factors and cuantitative information, not just plain observations (check the study on lions in Etosha, for example). Other example of high success rate are the tigress from Pench in the documentary "Tiger spy in the jungle" which had a success of 1 in 3 attempts (33%) and the tiger "Genghis" from Ranthambore which had a high success huting in the lakes (sorry, I don't remember the % of success at this moment, but was high).

So, this thing of hunting success is very relative on tigers, as at this moment there is not a good study about this in India. Check what the experts says:

Sunquist, 2010:

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Karanth, 2013:

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Just my two cents, now you can continue with your debate. Reply