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| Wasey, G.K. | |
| Tiger _versus_ bear | |
| 1906 Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society (16): 506-507 | |
In Miscellaneous Notes No. IV. (Vol. XV, No. 4 page 707) Tiger _versus_ Bear, Capt. Lane asks if there are other instances of tigers attacking bears. Some 5 or 6 years ago at the end of the monsoon when the grass was rank and long, I had been out stalking at Castle Rock. My shikari was with me and on our way home we came down a hill path though heavy jungle and noticed various not quite fresh signs of a tiger having been on the path. When we got to the bottom the jungle ended in a grassy glade and within a few yards of the track, the grass had been trodden down in a circle some 20 feet in diameter, I should think. Tufts of hair and bits of skin and hair of the Indian Sloth Bear were strewn about in the circle, and it was evident a struggle had taken place in which the bear had suffered badly. It was also evident that a body had been dragged away, and following the track for a short distance we found under a bush the remains of the bear consisting of part of the skull and various other bits of bones, which, from their condition, must, I think, have been there some 2 or 3 days. I cannot remember if we found tiger's hairs in the circle, but the hair and skin of the bear had evidently been scratched off, and I left the place convinced that a tiger had attacked, killed, and eaten the bear. |
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