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

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AMUR TIGER - GREY WOLF RELATIONS

As was already mentioned an info has come that subadult male tiger Saihan has killed a grey wolf in Jewish Autonomious region, Russian Far East. 
https://xakac.info/news/73739
There should be nothing super natural in such of event taking into account power ratio of the two species but I'm personally reading for first time such particular account. In the regions South of Amur river where tiger population is sufficient timber wolves are rear sometimes untill the edge of extinction. Amur tiger is notorious with his untolerance and animosity towards timber wolves. Unlike Bengal tiger probably due to the scarcity of food in the Northern forest competition between the two large predators is much harsher. When great Russian traveler Vladimir Arseniev in the begining of 20th century was roaming many times in Ussuriland he never described grey wolves in the tiger country. Later in 30's and 40's when Amur tiger was almost exterminated timber wolves became extremely numerous in Ussuriland. However since 70's and 80's with the recovering of Amur tiger is observed sharp decline in wolf population in Russian Ussuriland. I don't think that tigers physically exterminate wolves in large quantities, just wolves quit arias with dense tiger population and migrate in arias with less or no tigers around.

The murder last month occurred North of Amur river in a region where tigers were reintroduced only few years ago hence tiger population is quite scarce and where timber wolves are still numerous. Probably local wolves are not yet very experienced with the tigers and are less cautious. 
They still don't give up as we could see in this video from the same region where grey wolf in comic way is trying to outjump tiger mark on the tree and to leave his mark higher:

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