Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry, These sort of incidents are so rare as to be insignificant. You can get Howard's response on whether he ever felt threatened, even with wild tigers 10 feet from his open jeep. The most famous case in Bandhavgarh is one where a female with a broken jaw jumped into a jeep and mauled a French tourist a few years ago - this was because the jeeps had encircled her, and she could not get away, and the pain from the broken jaw, which meant that she was probably also starving did the rest. Incidentally, the tourist was saved because the owner of the hotel where we were staying, Rajvardhan Sharma, jumped into the jeep and pulled the tiger away with his bare hands! Cheers Jayanand On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 3:04 AM, <lrzeitlin at aol.com> wrote: > Jayanand wrote: > In Bandhavgarh (as in Kanha or Pench), it is possible to hire an > elephant, and track tigers inside the forest. You get very close to > animals, as > they do not get spooked by an elephant - the only downsides being the > top > down angle for photography, the discomfort of sitting on elephant back > for > long periods and the expense! Most professional photographers, however, > choose this method, and I have made up my mind to try this for a day > when I > am next in Bandhavgarh. > - - - - > > Jayanand, you have courage. Last night I watched a Nature TV show on Public > TV showing a group of > professionals taking pictures of tigers from an elephant in > Bandhavgarh. Apparently something that a photographer did spooked the > tiger and it charged the elephant, jumped for his back and clawed the > photographer. The elephant driver beat the tiger back with a club. The > clip ended with the photographer tending a long gash in his arm. I > don't know what happened to the camera. I hate to think of it being > trampled under elephant foot. > > The morale is: Be careful when photographing tigers. It's a jungle out > there. And make sure your insurance is paid up. > > Larry Z > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >