Chapter 11
1 Epigraph: Thomas, The Tribe of Tiger, p. 17.
2 “... The male strode slowly”: Strachan, pp. 244–45.
3 “Usually animals shot and wounded”: Heptner, p. 194.
4 “I’d wear different hats”: Personal communication, June 16, 2009.
5 “In January 1941”: Kaplanov.
6 “Once upon a time”: Lopatin, p. 208.
7 “They are semi-savages”: Fraser, pp. 221–22.
8 “Some years ago”: Shreider, pp. 42–44.
9 “It is heavy going”: Chekhov, p. 31.
10 “Sixty-five tigers”: Landsdell, Vol. 2, p. 324.
11 “The Russians were probably”: Correspondence with the author,
May 15, 2008.
12 “God be with you, children!”: Trofimov, p. 209.
13 “All of a sudden”: Rooney, pp. A-1, A-2.
14 “None of us had ever heard of anything”: Personal communication,
July 7, 2009.
15 “Will the tigress leave the area”: Energiya TV, Luchegorsk,
December, 9, 1997.
