Tag Archives: Corbett National Park India

the tiger: food for shot

Posted on January 10, 2013 by Dave

…Before the discovery that an agricultural insecticide, polydol, injected into the carcasses of dead animals, was a certain tiger killer, the Mysoreans used strychnine. The tiger usually vomited up the poisoned flesh quickly, but he also ingested large amounts of … Continue reading →

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the tiger: easier shot that fought

Posted on January 9, 2013 by Dave

…tiger shooting was often risky, if only because the big cat is so hard to kill. There is the story of the British hunter, G.P. Sanderson, who in 1870, was called to deal with a pair of Mysore tigers. Some … Continue reading →

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a hunting we will go

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Dave

Tiger and man in India. The repeating rifle and large cartridge were not favorable for the tiger in Imperial India… The British tiger hunter in order to hunt “fairly comfortably,” needed five camels , which could be hired for about … Continue reading →

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tiger: never got shelter from the storm

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Dave

…The sad decline of the tiger… …Before the coming of the British, the tiger moved fairly freely throughout the continent. This freedom to move kept him in touch, genetically, with tigers everywhere,from eastern Siberia to Turkey. But one other creature … Continue reading →

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