TIGER KILLED BY BULLDOG.
An - account of a fight between a fullgrown tiger and a bulldog, _ which resulted in the death of the tiger, is given in' the Uitenhago (Cape Colony) Times. A tiger had taken refuge in a cave on a farm at the foot of Winterhoek Mountain in Cape Colony. A bulldog was fetched, and it at once rushed into the cave. A desperate struggle ensued. The dog was badly wounded by the tiger's claws, but it caught the tiger by the throat and did not let go until both rolled over as:if dead. . In a few minutesthe dog came round,V but the tiger, which I feasured eight arid a half feet, was found to bo dead. " <
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14972, 20 April 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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119TIGER KILLED BY BULLDOG. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14972, 20 April 1912, Page 2 (Supplement)
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