Predation of Adult Rhino By Kaziranga Tigers: WII Expert Rabin Sharma’s Documentation

[Roflcopters]

Quote:Golden tabby? I guess it happens. And there would be no reason for the male and the female to be aggressive towards each other after all, they are probably mates/already live along side each other, no?

I couldn’t think of what to call her besides her coded name, so i figured i’d just call her golden tabby tigress. inspired by the topic on this forum about golden tigers and you’re right. they were most likely mates sharing the kill.

@Dennis 

Quote:Great find @Roflcopters. I seem to recall another case of a tiger and rhino found dead alongside, but, in that instance there was scat discovered of a third tiger. The dead tiger was a sub-adult and the theory went that a big male had killed a female rhino, and this subadult was very much tucking into the kill when the big male discovered it doing so and killed it. Do you happen to know anything about that incident?

you’re right, i decided to cross-check and it seems like this is the same account. Nov/7/2017

@Ashutosh 

A Royal Bengal Tiger and a Rhinoceros Found Dead in Kaziranga

After the terrible incident of losing three one-horned rhinos in three days in Kaziranga, the park again mourned the death of one more rhino and a Royal Bengal Tiger. However, this time the reason for the death is not poaching but a brawl between the two animals which unfortunately lost their lives in the fight. The carcasses of the two animals of endangered species were found lying next to each other on Tuesday, Nov 7, 2017, by the forest officials in the Bagori Range of the park.


The forest officials suspect the reason to be the fight between the two animals on the account that the rhino’s horn and the body parts of the tiger were intact. While the dead tiger is said to be a sub-adult male of about two-and-a-half-year, the rhino was a female of around 20 years. According to officials, another possible reason of the death of the animals could be that an adult tiger might have killed the rhino, and the sub-adult tiger strayed into the adult tiger’s territory and eyed a share of the rhino meat, reluctant to share, the older tiger might have killed him as well. The officials suggest this theory after finding fresh tiger droppings close to the two carcasses.

Tiger predation is a common case in Kaziranga National Park, however, the death of both the animals is the rarest sight in the reserve. There have been around 472 rhinos due to tiger predation in Kaziranga National Park between the year 1982 and 2014 and the highest casualties of around 26 rhinos were reported in the year 2004.

https://www.kaziranga-national-park.com/blog/royal-bengal-tiger-and-rhinoceros-found-dead-in-kaziranga/


so it seems like that was an Adult female and not an Adult male, either way. that was a massive animal estimated to be fully grown and about 20 years of age. if you watch the video, it’s hard to believe a tiger killed a rhino that big but the carcass was carefully examined under Kaziranga park director and Wildlife Institute of India and it was confirmed killed by a tiger. incredible. KZT085 killed both the rhino and the sub-adult male.  Reply