Modern weights and measurements on wild tigers

[Pckts]

(12-12-2019, 07:58 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(12-12-2019, 05:23 PM)Pckts Wrote:

(12-12-2019, 01:42 PM)Shadow Wrote:

(12-12-2019, 01:26 PM)Ashutosh Wrote: Lol @Shadow, I haven’t mentioned you in my post neither was it directed at you. It is interesting to see that you took offence to something I had written in general. I am not responsible for the chip on your shoulder. I was just agreeing with @Roflcopters regarding people being so obtuse they are unwilling to consider factual information gathered by experts based on flimsy reasons. Why and how could that possibly prick you is a conversation you should have with yourself.

I mentioned it, because I´ve seen you to use that word often. No lol´s in it and nothing more or less than that, I meant what I said.

What comes to this tiger, I have got first reply from Wildlife Institute of India and they didn´t confirm that weight. Reply was that sounds far fetched and they had no information about that heavy tiger. I don´t yet post all, because conversation is still ongoing. The person with whom I have now discussed is one of their experts and he told to me, that heaviest tigers he had been radio collaring have been 280-290 kg with full belly.

I hope, that in 1-2 days more information and then I will post what I have been able to find out.

Neither Wasif or Siddharth work for the WII, Wasif works for the FD.

*This image is copyright of its original author

Wasif with a Tiger being collared.
You  should speak with him on FB and view his profile, you'll see how involved he is with capture and wildlife conflict in general.

 Dr. Raghu Chundawat
Works for the WII and he was the one saying that these Tigers look massive, even more so than Madla, who he captured.
But in regards to 280-290kg captured by them, I'd be very curious to know which cats they're speaking on.

I have seen photos and information about Wasif, I know that he is a legit person working with wildlife. That figure he said was simply so high, that I wonder if it has to be taken at least slightly with a grain of salt, if that is right expression. 

The person with whom I now discuss has solid competence what comes to tigers in India as far as I know. I just forgot to ask if it´s ok for him to quote his words here openly and he also needs to check things, so I have to wait 1-2 days before I´m able to put more information here. I can of course ask more about biggest tigers he has been radio collaring himself. But he has busy job and time difference won´t help communication.

I'm not questioning his competence but WII is the same as Panthera or Oncafari, they only have access to cats they've captured, there is no communal data base to review. 
@Rishi 
Do the FD keep an updated data base on captures and measurements or is it on a park by park basis? Reply