Battle Scarred

[Pckts]

Post Any images and stories of big cats with battle scars.
"Battle Scars" don't necessarily need to be from a fight, they can be from a failed or successful predation attempt as well.

Try to keep away from Cuts and post more of the unusual and Identifying scars we see.
I prefer Facial Region images but any area is fine.


Birmingham Boy ( I don't know how he received it)

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Charleston Male with his snapped Canine ( i believe it was kicked off on a predation attempt)

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Scar (I don't know how he got it but I know he continually picks at it now making it worse)

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Gabbar (received these from multiple territorial fights)

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Prince of Pench (territorial fight scar I believe)

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Naak Kata (injured in a fight with munna)

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Waghdoh Male (Injured by gaur or fight)

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Bamera Male (i forgot how he injured it, either fight or predation attempt)

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Injured Pantanal Jaguar

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Maxine (scars from territorial fight)

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Mick Jaguar, the famous jag from the caiman video (battle scar from a territorial fight most likely)

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Scar from South Africa (scar unknown)

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Hamu Male leopard from Sri Lanka

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Maxabeni from Sabi Sands

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[Tshokwane]

Great idea @Pckts 

Aistrip male, post fight with the much bigger Marthly male.

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These are just scratches, but from the series of fights with is rival he got his eye injured.

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And ended up being half blind

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In this other angle, notice the split lip and the ear.

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[peter]

Male tiger Barka, after a fight he won. He had to be stitched up, though (his left jaw bone was exposed). Photograph Zwanepoel (don't remember the title of his book right now, but it had a lot of good photographs):

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[Pckts]

Wow, that's a bad one! Reply

[Tshokwane]

This is one I found the other day, although I don't know the specifics, but it's cool anyway.

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[Pckts]

Deepak Chaddha‎
Wounded Male Tiger
Tadoba
June 2016.

Pandu after his fight with Gabbar

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Jobhi missing his eye from a Territorial fight

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Atul Dhamankar

Sonam, when she was injured with a fight with Sloth Bear some yrs back....
Tadoba Andhari Tiger Reserve ,Chandrapur, Maharashtra
Pls feel free to share......
Atul Dhamankar
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Cell:- 7620792206, 9423619933
Website :- http://www.atuldhamankartiger.com/

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Shailesh Naik
We clicked her on 23 march 2014 very near to exit of Moharli gate. By that time her head injury has healed. below it is

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Bimal Pravinbhai Doshi In fact I spot her on 15th of May 2016 near ambe pani She was absolutely fine . Here she is

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[Ngala]

This is Napejo of the Rongai pride, a famous lioness from Masai Mara, Kenya. His scar is from a venom spit of Black Spitting Cobra (Naja nigricincta).

Credits to Lenny Koshal.

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[Tshokwane]

What happens when you try to get all the girls for yourself...

This male was called Sikiria.

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[Pckts]

Shariq Hasan‎
This was in 2014 near shravan taal.Has anyone seen him this year ?

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[Spalea]

@Pckts:

About #9: I hope, since 2014, this tiger is completely recovered from his wound...

@Majingilane:

About #8: this young lion had "the eyes bigger than the belly" (french expression to say he was too presumptuous)... Consequences: a lost eye and a face badly wounded. The youthful mistakes are never forgiven and always severely punished.

Cruel and hard photos in any case... Reply

[Tshokwane]

The badass Gabbar male. Just a little scratch for him...

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[Pckts]

Yala From Sri Lanka

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Credit to @Ngala for the original find Reply

[Tshokwane]

Credits to Mostafa Elbrolosy.

Masai Mara warrior.

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[Pckts]

Powerful image right there, TFS @"Majingilane" Reply

[Tshokwane]

(11-08-2016, 05:41 AM)Pckts Wrote: Powerful image right there

Exactly what I was thinking.

I'm trying to find out who is he, but I thought it was such an awesome image. Reply