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Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

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( This post was last modified: 07-26-2021, 10:19 PM by woshiniya )

(07-25-2021, 04:51 PM)Khan85 Wrote: Post #610 continued 

#2. Capture of T-01 aka Madhuka 

My work was made easier by the presence of Ranjit Sinha. He gave scientific permission without delay. In October 1989, Mel Sunquist arrived in town with his wife Fiona. Chinnappa was also with us when discussing the pros and cons of research. In Chitwan, Nepal. it was a follow up on his study of Radio Telemetry Research here  It was decided to do so. But the conditions here need to be analyzed in Nagarahole before they can really follow Nepal's model. There is no forest in the forests of Nepal. Still need to be carried out very carefully.  Forests are plentiful in Nagarahole. Thus, activities are being pursued by different techniques in different parts of the world to catch tigers: trap, snare, encircling and bait. Since there are plenty of wild animals in the cobra, the tiger cannot be attracted to a small thing. The start of the study was guided by expert experts such as Sunquist. Sunquist was with us when we captured the first three tigers. Thus our tiger-catching journey went smoothly.

As a daily routine, on the morning of January 7, 1990, we set out to find buffalo calves tied up in a variety of forests. On the way to the toll from Nagarahole, a calf was killed by a tiger. Immediately under the leadership of Chinnappan, the task of spreading the curtains of the garment was soon completed. I climb a tree in the direction of the tiger. Everything just happened as we counted. A huge tiger passed across the trail in front of me. The anesthetic potion I tossed using the dartgun was injected into its shoulder. The tiger looked back at the dart site. Then I saw another side of it. There was a large scar on the right shoulder. The tiger crossed the tree where I was standing, leaving the cloth curtains and leaving the tree behind. Chinnappa was also informed of the injury I had seen on the tiger.  When we looked at the tiger, we realized how serious the wound was. This tiger is a huge animal, weighing over 230 kilos. But it is already in its senescence. It is reasoned that its age is at least 12-13 years. The teeth were quite corrosive. One eye was blind.  Most recently, a fierce fight with another tiger gave a serious injury to its shoulder. 

   
(A huge gash on T-01's shoulder and corroded teeth and blind eye)


There were so many mites that it was sore. Now we have a dilemma. Does this tiger need a radio collar? The tiger was not even hospitalized. The central government has allowed us to safely leave the tiger with a radio collar. Once a tiger is caught, a veterinarian who is with us can do the preliminary treatment and leave the forest again. We did the same thing. The question of moral dualities does not arise in nature. Veterinarians used ointment and antibiotic powder to treat the tiger's wound. I was convinced that the tiger, with such severe injuries, could not live for many days. But it seemed that the radio collar could share last days of his life. As the tiger treads on the anesthesia, as mentioned earlier, Raju and the rest of the trail frighten away and weigh in on the tree. This is not the only scenario that shocked him, but gradually the traders said that the tiger was really aware. And when the tiger catches it, do not say his courage. The tiger treatment began to take place sooner than necessary. Joining us in our work, starting with tail dragonflies and eavesdropping on them, we waited there until the tiger was reinstated with a radio collar.

Upon leaving, we headed back to the camp. But it was sad that the first tiger could not live long enough for the radio collar. I followed the radio signals in the days following the tiger, T-01. We named 'Grumpy'. The tiger was running around, but its hunting skills were striking. Chinnappan had brought a buffalo to the jungle where he had died in a motor accident. The tiger was found eating the carcass. But without the power of hunting, this tired tiger could not live long without food. My intention was to record how the tiger maintains its base in old age, how it is used, and how it changes. Another point to note is that weak tigers lose their ability to hunt and rarely develop cannibalism. If 'Grumpy' is turned into a cannibal, he must be found. If so, we thought that his radio collar would provide excellent signals. The day after the radio collar was introduced to Madhuka, I wrote a letter to the chief wildlife guard, M. K. Appiah and explained the situation. In this letter, I made it clear that the tiger could live for another two months.

 On 27 March 1990, Mudhuka lay dead in a cord tree in Shantapur. He was finally free from starvation. 

    




There's also interesting info on collared leopards and apparently a male leopard of 70 kg. I'll post that in the relevant thread.

Good job, from the information you posted, we learned the details of the physical condition of the three male tigersTiger t01 was over 13 years old and was severely injured in the shoulder by other male tigers. He lost his sight in one eye and died two months after being caught and weighed. The other tiger is a sub-adult tiger under 3 years old. Taking into account the age of T01 and the extremely bad physical condition, as well as the young age of the other male tiger, their average weight is far not enough to represent the average weight of adult male tiger in South India。
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