Siberian tiger hunters & dogs
The method of training dogs to go after big-game animals is very primitive in Manchuria. It consists of not giving any food to the dogs till they succeed in bringing to bay a wild boar or a bear, which the hunter kills with his rifle. Immediately the game is brought down the dogs are given the animal's entrails, the hunter pitches camp, and hunting is ended for the day. The satiated dogs, having lost their keenness for the time being, will continue the chase very unwillingly.It is very interesting to note that the tiger, although of such great strength that it could easily kill the dogs pursuing it, yet tries to escape from them. There is a possible explanation for this strange behaviour. The native hunters, Orochons and Goldis (Fish-skin Tartars), say that they know of many cases in which packs of "mountain wolves" or wild dogs (Cuon alpinus Pallas) have attacked tigers, and every time the tiger was overcome. Evidently, the hunter's dogs are mistaken by the tiger for wild dogs, and instinct causes it to seek safety in flight.
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