Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/03/16
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]They should not feed her - she has had her time. Keeping her alive is depriving a young tigress of prime breeding territory - which is far more important. Machili will not be evicted or killed in a territorial fight because all the territories around her are with her daughters. Most tigers who live to a ripe age die of starvation anyway - its just the way it is. Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 3:30 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>wrote: > Beautiful and of course a bit sad, Jayanand. I am glad that India is > looking after some of her natural treasures. > > Cheers, > Nathan > > Nathan Wajsman > Alicante, Spain > http://www.frozenlight.eu > http://www.greatpix.eu > http://www.nathanfoto.com > PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws > Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog > > YNWA > > > > > > > > On Mar 14, 2011, at 4:55 AM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > A couple of photographs of a legend, Machili (T16). I am sure this will > be > > my last look at her - she is over 16 years old as against an average life > of > > 11-12 years for a tiger in the wild, and has brought up a record 5 > litters. > > As it is, she does not have canines left, and the forest department are > at > > present feeding her by leaving fresh, dead buffalo calves in her > territory. > > She could hardly keep her eyes open when I saw her - she half opened her > > eyes, took a look at us, and promptly went back to sleep. Anyway, it was > > good to see her one last time: > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2011/Ranthambhore_20110305_1450-Edit.jpg.html > > > > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/jayanand/Ranthambhore_001/2011/Ranthambhore_20110305_1446-Edit.jpg.html > > > > C&C, as usual, welcome > > > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >