It took me long time to get into this thread cos over here, it's the big cat's disadvantage to be seen. There are many poachers here shooting wildboar for the meat. If they ever meet a tiger( which they always hope ), it's a goner. It will get shot as the body parts and bones are very high in demand as traditional medicine. You can buy the carcass first hand off the shooter for as low as $600-800. Then you have to get a professional game butcher to 'take it apart' for another $300. After that the remains in the right hands can go as high as $6,000.
So, we are not scared of the big cats, they are scared of us. Nothing to be proud of. This is SEA and this is where Nat Geo get all the stories from for you folks to get all pissed off about the lack of wild life conservation.
