| lancaster |
| (.470 member) |
| 18/05/08 11:26 PM |
Re: tiger and the vietnam war
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The vision comes to mind of 6 bone tired Marines standing in a circle around the tiger skin and tanning it.
The next day, the weather broke and the team were extracted. Back at base they posed proudly for the photographers.Within the next 48 hours decomposition claimed the remains of the tiger and it smelt positively horrible.
What a waste, not to skin it and salt it as a skin, at least back at the base.
what I understand is that the skin " smelt positively horrible", not that they put into the waste.
there is a pic with the tiger skin on http://www.lairweb.org.nz/tiger/maneating14.html I was not able to copy. maybe someone here can do it.
looking for the date of the last legal tiger hunt in history. remember that the goverment in malaysia hunt problem animals like tiger and elephant's in 2000 but this was not a official trophy hunt.