Tiger "Cathay"'s Amazing Hunt

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It is a battle between a South China tiger named Cathay, a young antelope, its mother & sibling, at Laohu Valley Reserve in South Africa.

Inspired by the Battle at Kruger, we thought to put our prized video of this fantastic hunt in our rewilding project on YouTube for the public.

Tigers Cathay (the one with Radio Collar), TigerWoods and Madonna, newly re-released into the 42 hectare large training camp were hunting, following the gorup of antelop called Blesbok. Cathay however split off and disappeared into a gully. When TigerWoods got quite close to one antelope he started to chase. The antelope crossed over the gully and back in the direction towards where Cathay had been crouching low, not knowing that she has been hiding in the grass waiting for them. Cathay singled out a young antelope-about 8 week old and in a split second, leapt out and cuaght hold of it but it wriggled out of her grasp. The Tiger managed to snatch it again, back and forth a few times. The strange thing was that Cathay (who we thought was TigerWoods initally due to the distance) could have easily killed the small antelope but she did not. She seemed to be playing with it.

Meanwhile the mother of the young tried to save its child! She and another charged back and forth at Cathay in an extraordinary action. Perhaps it was motivated by maternal instinct, or perhaps it simply under-estimated the ability of the tigers, having successfully escaped from being hunted in the past year. However its action finally cost it its life.

When Cathay seemed to be playing Catch & Release, the mother antelope came charging back at the tiger. Cathay, in a most unexpected move of lightening speed, let go the young and grabbed the mother. The antelop was however very stoic and stood stiff as Cathay tried to topple her using the force of her mouth, but it took the tiger quite a while to drop the antelop. Only then was Cathay able to deliver the final bite.
The young antelope meanwhile, had run away! It appears its mother's sacrifice had saved her child. WE saw it reunited with the antelope group two days later.

Two things are extraordinary: First, an antelope mother does not try to save her offspring in the wild very often, knowing she would be no match for a predator. Second, Cathay could have easily killed the young antelope but instead she played with it. Was it because she was using it to attract the bigger one, or because her maternal instinct told her to capture the young antelope alive for the younger tigers so they could practice hunting by playing with it, just like big cat mothers in the wild?

This video is copyrighted and cannot be used without the express permission of Save China's Tigers.
www.savechinastigers.org

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Tiger "Cathay"'s Amazing Hunt

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  • what a big progress ...

    what a big progress for a captivated baby to achieve this, though he needs to improve better!~
    Thank you for you guys good job. if one day, the tigers can be saved by this way, you are the pride of both human and tiger.

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  • it dint kill a cub, ...

    it dint kill a cub, it killed a grown up, which is harder, the tiger did good.

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  • Sorry Wrong acc ...

    Sorry Wrong acc used.

    These Tigers are not in India nor are they being release in Africa. They are purebred South China Tiger currently undergoing Rewilding in Africa, but they will not be released there.

    Check your PM inbox, i sent you a msg for you to visit our webpage.

    ---HSW, Volunteer of SCT

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  • These Tigers are ...

    These Tigers are not in India nor are they being release in Africa. They are purebred South China Tiger currently undergoing Rewilding in Africa, but they will not be released there.

    Check your PM inbox, i sent you a msg for you to visit our webpage.

    ---HSW, Volunteer of SCT

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  • are these in india ...

    are these in india or are these the ones that were relist in africa

    By shkodrani16 [Affiliate User] 1202760671 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • cool video good job ...

    cool video good job, ur really lucky to see this in real

    By dhesquire [Affiliate User] 1201572200 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Yes, Tigers and ...

    Yes, Tigers and Lions are low on stamina, and experts are still arguing on whether which one of them have higher stamina, it must be noted that all felines are low on stamina.

    However Tigers should have better lactic tolerance than lions simply because Tigers usually hunt faster, smaller prey alone while lions hunt larger, slower prey. Most books and documents also mentions that Tigers should be slightly faster than lions in an all out sprint.

    ----HSW, SCT volunteer.

    By PantheraTigris [Affiliate User] 1200614629 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • doesn't the tiger ...

    doesn't the tiger have a short stamina just like the lion, but is he faster and can run more?

    By bbqze19 [Affiliate User] 1200568397 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • You might want to ...

    You might want to read the description which said this:"Second, Cathay could have easily killed the young antelope but instead she played with it. Was it because she was using it to attract the bigger one, or because her maternal instinct told her to capture the young antelope alive for the younger tigers so they could practice hunting by playing with it, just like big cat mothers in the wild"
    --HSW, Volunteer of SCT

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  • Please visit the ...

    Please visit the Save China's Tigers homepage to download the mp3 file of both Music.

    --HSW, Volunteer of SCT

    By PantheraTigris [Affiliate User] 1199849935 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • PRETTY TIGERS! I ...

    PRETTY TIGERS! I love tigers! Yhey are sooo beautiful! How anyone can kill them is beyond me! :)

    By FreckleWitch [Affiliate User] 1199726021 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • That is some lousy ...

    That is some lousy hunting of this tiger, can't even kill a cub. Captive tigers indeed.

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  • i like tke music ...

    i like tke music where can i find it?

    By mehmetbatur [Affiliate User] 1199684856 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • this is amazing... ...

    this is amazing... i just love tigers!
    We need to save this creatures!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    By HaloPcSimpsonsTV [Affiliate User] 1199630028 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • we relly need to ...

    we relly need to save these creatures

    By albanian4 [Affiliate User] 1199392997 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Why is the NSPCA ...

    Why is the NSPCA not going after actual animal cruelties such as canned lion hunting in SA? Is there a political agenda behind its repeated legal cases against SCT despite having been defeated in court? Is someone else or some other organization involved which is funding the NSPCA legal actions? Are NSPCA donors informed of the NSPCA's misguided and wasteful actions???

    By Shuaige12 [Affiliate User] 1199235378 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • In july 2006, civil ...

    In july 2006, civil suit was brought by the NSPCA against a SCT manager to interdict him from further working with wildlife. SCT won the civil court battle and was awarded costs. The NSPCA applealed but lost. However it is making moves again against SCT. Animal lovers of this world wants to ask the NSPCA: why is the NSPCA wasting much needed donor money going after a legitmate and crucial conservation project which aims to rescue the South China Tiger from extiction?

    By Shuaige12 [Affiliate User] 1199235326 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • The South african ...

    The South african Society for prevention of cruelty against animals, has repeatedly been wasting donor money going after Save China's Tigers conservation project. In 2003, they asked the police to investigate SCT manager 2 days after a feature article featured the SCT project. In 2006, they got the police to raid the house of sct director to look for evidence of cruelty to blesbok (a wild african antelope), 2 days after a TV programs was aired about SCT project.

    By Shuaige12 [Affiliate User] 1199235186 Reply Spam Moderate Up Moderate Down
  • Thanks for your ...

    Thanks for your support and encouragment, cscscs0564!
    We are very proud of supporters with postive attitudes like yours. We really thank you for your support.
    ---HSW(volunteer of SCT)

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  • amazing video and ...

    amazing video and thanks for the dedication of the rewilding china's tiger program. I know that a lot of westerners do not understand the importance of this kind of programs and some of them even accuse these programs for violating rights of those animals that are fed to tigers in order to make them regain their wildness. But I believe one day you guys will prove those ignorance wrong.
    Thank you !!!

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  • And plus If you ...

    And plus If you read the description to the video carefully, you will also see it is not a deer. It is a wild African antelope naturally occuring in SA and also the training camp is 42ha and hence there is more than enough space for prey to escape from the predators. We welcome any further constructive questions after you have studied the huge amount of info on our website.
    -HSW, SCT Volunteer

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  • Dear mistermucky, ...

    Dear mistermucky,Thank you for your comments. While we appreciate your interests, we believe you would have a diffent opinion if you have carefully read our many project documents on our website. tripe w. savechinastigers. org SCT project is not open to the public-only supporters are given a chance to visit, for the exact purpose of limiting human contacts.

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  • Those are tame ...

    Those are tame tigers, not wild. You can see the fence. They would never have caught the deer, but they had nowhere to run. The tigers had no real idea of hunting, anyone can see that. It's pathetic feeding live animals to them in a fenced off compound, just to give moronic tourists a thrill.

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  • It truly is amazing ...

    It truly is amazing! Thank you PantheraTigris, my favorite scientific name. You are brilliant, good people like you should be rewarded. Day to day poachers are killing & making money, that has to stop. Although the South China tigers are not my favorite, I like the Siberian tiger better, much bigger.

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  • The maoter made a ...

    The maoter made a vital mistake, She should have attecked the tiger on the far left. that way it would hav taken longer for the tiger to attempt to catch her.Buying her offspring time.

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