Updated: 10/June/23- You must be aware of the old video getting viral of the tiger getting involved in a fight with a dog. This video was originally shot by IRS Ankur Rapria and he shared this video on tweeter (an online platform) in the year 2022. You must have seen many videos of tigers getting into a fight with other animals but fighting with a dog is a little different.
So in the small video, you can see that the dog was walking beside the tiger while he was sleeping. Then all of a sudden tiger wakes up and the dog in the video starts barking at the tiger and then the big cat towards the dog and without wasting any time he jumps on him. You can also witness a dog struggling for his life in the video but the grip by the jaw of the tiger was too tight that it was impossible for the dog to save himself.
After the dog died the tiger dragged the dog’s lifeless body to a small distance and the video ends. Ankur Rapria captioned the video “Don’t take a sleeping tiger so lightly. T120 tiger from Ranthambore aka killing machine, has killed even a leopard, sloth bear and hyena. RTR, Rajasthan Vc- Lakhan Rana.” the caption clearly mentioned that the video has been shot in Rajasthan’s one of the popular tourist place Ranthambore National Park.
About Tiger T-120:
T-120 is a young and strong tiger of Ranthambore National Park. He is the son of T-63 who is also known as Chandra and T-03 also known as Bahadur. He was born in the year 2018 which means he is 5 years old now. He along with his younger brother got split from his mother in the year 2021. He is popularly known as Ennead. The reason behind the given name is that the tiger has a mark of number 9 (nine) on his right foot and the meaning of Ennead is “number nine”.
Another Case a Little Similar to This Case:
Through this video one of the users of tweeter also shared a similar incident that he captured in the Ranthambore National Park. The user named Mahesh Misra mentioned in the caption that the video was shot in December in the year 2021. In this video you can clearly the dog had no clue about the presence of the tigress. The tigress that attacked the dog in the video shared by Mahesh Misra is Sultana.
About Tigress Sultana:
Sultana is one of the most popular tigress of Ranthambore National Park. She is an adult and brave tigress who holds a special place in the Ranthambore National Park. the zone that she has been seen roaming is zone no.-1. She is 7 years old as she was born in the year 2016. Her mother was bold as well, she is a daughter of T-39 who is popularly known as Noor. Tigress Sultana shares her dominance in her territory with tiger, T-57 who is a very popular tiger of Ranthambore National Park he is popularly known as Singsth. So basically she is the queen of Zone 1.