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

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MAN-EATING TIGERS IN NEPAL - I

Nepal today has 235 tigers, about twice as much as a decade ago. The effort to protect wild country and wild animals paid, that is. Great news. Most unfortunately, there is a flipside.

Most tiger reserves in northern India and southern Nepal are situated in a densely populated region. This means they, more often than not, are surrounded by villages populated by poor people struggling to make a living. Not a few of them use these reserves to feed their cattle. Very often, they just don't have another option.

The most likely result of more villagers in tiger reserves and more tigers in these reserves is more encounters. Some of these have a tragic outcome. Man-killers often get the benefit of the doubt but when they develop into confirmed man-eaters, authorities have no option but to act. 

The aim is to capture the tiger alive. Not easy by any means, as tigers are elusive animals. Every now and then, an attempt to sedate a man-eating tiger develops into a chaotic affair with a deadly outcome.

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a - A man-eater in the Kathmandu Zoo  (article and video)

If you click on the first picture in the article, a video (01:57) will start. In the video, 'host' Casey Anderson sits himself in front of the cage with his back to the tiger. His first aim is to provoke the tiger, a confirmed man-eater. His second aim is to 'prove' an attack can be prevented if it's noticed in time, provided the intended victim is able to connect to the tiger by looking into his eyes for a prolonged period of time. 

The attempt to provoke the tiger succeeded in that the tiger approached Anderson after some time. It failed in that the tiger growled before he approached. This means he didn't see him as a snack, but as a challenger or, more likely, as a nuisance. Not the response Anderson anticipated.   

The stare also failed. A result of a poor preparation, so it seems. Any trainer could have told him tigers and lions respond in a different way to a stare. Lions, more often than not, react, but most tigers do not. They're not interested in staredowns, but in something else. Like a meeting without bars. In the end, as the tiger in the video underlined, it is about the teeth. 

All in all, one could conclude the tiger acted in a somewhat surprising, but civilized way, whereas Anderson, especially during the stare, lost a bit of face. Final score: Anderson 0 - tiger 4.  

The article about tigers and humans in India and Nepal isn't too bad. It has a few links to articles published in the New York Times: 
 
https://www.monstersandcritics.com/smallscreen/casey-anderson-faces-a-man-eating-tiger-in-monster-encounters-exclusive-interview-and-preview/

b - The attempt to capture a man-killer in Nepal in 2018

The article in 'The Himalayan Times' (31-08-2018) is a bit short, but informative. It also has a photograph. 

The story is short. After he had killed a man in Royal Chitwan, the tiger was located, cornered, sedated and moved to a zoo. Although things went according to plan, it took a week to get it done (...).

The tiger was an adult male wounded in a fight:    

https://thehimalayantimes.com/nepal/man-eater-tiger-captured-after-week-long-operation-in-chitwan/
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RE: ON THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION - A - THE TIGER (Panthera tigris) - peter - 06-27-2019, 08:43 AM
Demythologizing T16 - tigerluver - 04-12-2020, 11:44 AM
Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-28-2014, 09:54 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-28-2014, 10:02 PM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 07-29-2014, 12:56 AM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - peter - 07-29-2014, 07:05 AM
Tiger recycling bin - Roflcopters - 09-04-2014, 01:36 AM
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RE: Tiger recycling bin - Roflcopters - 09-05-2014, 01:01 AM
RE: Tiger Data Bank - Apollo - 11-15-2014, 10:07 PM
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