The Siberian Tiger Attacks of 1997

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Sources:

Conflict Tiger:  https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conflicttiger
The images of the dead tiger, Yuri Trush and the Kung were taken from the documentary.
The theory of Markov shooting the tiger from the cabin is also from the documentary as well as the general story.

Books:

The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival - John Valliant
History of Yuri Trush - Chapter 1
History of Sobolonye -Chapter 6
Tracking down the tiger and ending - Chapter 21

Additional quotes from the book:
'Who needs Sobolonye now? Nobody does"  Chapter 7 page 35
The Generals' quote about not caring about people Chapter 17 page 222
The man referring to the tiger track as "hot" was said by Pionka Chapter 21 page 272

More details about the history of the region and the relationship between people and tigers can be found in the book.


Tigers in the snow - Peter Matthiessen

The Great Soul of Siberia - Sooyong Park

Links

https://docplayer.net/31832476-The-am...

https://factsanddetails.com/russia/Na...

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/...

https://www.researchgate.net/publicat...

Range and distribution of Amur Tigers:
https://web.archive.org/web/201204062...

Tiger Conservation:
https://china.wcs.org/Wildlife/Amur-T....

https://www.bbcearth.com/news/saving-...

Tigers of the World book abstract:
https://books.google.co.ug/books?id=X...

Art by Nisha: https://www.fiverr.com/buddi2019?sour...