Tag Archives: George B. Schaller

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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search for the tiger

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Dave

…For the tiger, Indian independence, gained in 1947, was a disaster. Researcher George Schaller called it ” a period of destruction that could almost be compared to the slaughter of the American prairies in the 1880′s.” Not only the tiger … Continue reading →

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tiger: don’t touch his tail. please

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Dave

…The perils and pratfalls of being a tiger in India. Where once they ruled the roost, man’s own adaptability, and of course the repeating rifle and high-powered cartridge…. If he appears savage, it is because he is the modern version … Continue reading →

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tiger tales

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Dave

Between the tiger hunter and his prey lies India itself…. Every Indian family has their tiger story. Collectively, it becomes an encyclopedia of tiger mythology. His strength is legendary, a fact acceptable to the ear but frightening if you are … Continue reading →

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the tiger: terror and reverence

Posted on January 3, 2013 by Dave

Certainly, most books that have dealt with the tiger, going back to the Hemingway and Roosevelt epoch that focused on “man eaters” and “jungle killers” usually consisted of one anecdote disguised in a multitude of forms: how to get a … Continue reading →

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