Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Rishi]

She got stranded in a village in January 2010 & in one of the (now) rare recue operations was captured, to be released back.

I remember reading in news that she was 8ft 6inch long & weighed 65 kg.

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2 adult female & 3 adult male tigers were captured, radio-collared and released back into the forests in past decade. Of them, a 6-year old male (Netidhopani tiger) was captured, while straying into inhabited areas, and weighed only 97 kg, but gained almost 10 kg in only 2 weeks at rescue centre. Its neck was measured 53 cm. Another adult tiger (Khatuajhuri male), which was caught at Malmelia village of Basirhat range, was also found to be frail and underweight (108 kg) with the neck-size of 58 cm.

Other than these we have no records on weights of healthy tigers living deep within the mangroves. Reply