![]() ![]() I have lost tigers." Hoover had lions ganging up on his tigers: "Two lions killed one of his tigers during training in Ojus, Fla., in 1966", and in another newspaper Hoover states he has trouble "keeping the lion from attacking the lone tiger". I have to keep them from killing the tigers. Dave Hoover, the animal trainer for Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers Circus, mentions that he lost many tigers to male lions: "I have to keep the male lions from killing each other.Saffoe added that the most interesting match-up in his opinion might be between good-sized Bengal tigers and male jaguars, as both had roughly the same speed, temperament, size and strength. He also reckoned that in a fight, the biggest cats - tigers, jaguars and lions - would come out on top against the likes of cougars, snow leopards, leopards, and cheetahs. Craig Saffoe, a biologist and the curator of great cats at the National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., said that the outcome of a given fight totally depended on the individuals, with their fighting style, physiology and history, but that he would bet on the tiger winning.There are differing scenarios regarding whether tigers would beat lions in fights, or vice-versa: Favoring the tiger ![]() In general, the lion is a social animal, while the tiger is solitary, though at times, male lions are separate from the females, and tigers socialise, usually for mating, and rarely for hunts. 2 Coexistence in the Eurasian wilderness. ![]()
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