Tag Archives: K. Sankhala studies tiger

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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the tiger: tiger stories

Posted on January 4, 2013 by Dave

Last tiger hunts….Between the tiger hunter and his prey lies India itself. Nineteenth-century villagers could venerate the European hunter with a gaudy parade, or just as easily revile him for killing the one animal that kept the ferocious wild pig … Continue reading →

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