Dholes (Cuon alpinus)

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(02-04-2019, 04:38 AM)Shadow Wrote: I was looking a little bit about sources so far in this thread what comes to reputation of dholes.

I found these names: K. Anderson, J. Corbett, W. Rice, Burton, R.C. Morris, Robert Sterndale, R.I. Pocock, William Blanford, W. Connell, Kailash Sankhala, then also David Attenborough and Sunquist&Sunquist. One interesting book to find and read would be Whistling Hunters from M. Fox.

Rice, Burton and Morris did not saw a direct tiger vs dhole fight as far I know.

Anderson saw one and believed in the claims of the locals.  Connell did not even saw the event, he just quote it.

Sterndale and Pocock just believed and quoted what others saw and Blandford did not believed in those events.

Sankhala believe that tigers run in every moment, so not a good source at all.

David Attnborough is a good naturalist of TV, but be honest, he read what the books says, and Sunquist quoted the event for mere interest like us here, and he quote only those two events because only those are accuratelly described.

The book of M. Fox do not mention anything about tigers, as far I remember. Reply