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Submitted by Paulo on Fri, 2022-01-07 14:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1915

Tiger in New Territories 1915.jpg

Submitted by Paulo on Fri, 2022-01-07 14:40
Date picture taken (to nearest decade for older photos): 
1915

The stories of tigers in Hong Kong are very well documented in the old newspaper clippings.

This is one of the best photographs a tiger killed in the New Territory after killing an Indian Constable on the 8th March 1915 as reported in The Hongkong Daily Press which also featured the measurements as being:

Length from tip to tip - 8ft 6"

Height - 3ft 4"

Girth - 3ft 7"

Tail 3ft

Weight - 289lbs

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