One Tough Tiger

National Wildlife
Dec/Jan 2004

ON A BITTER-COLD February morning, Howard Quigley stood along the rocky shore of the Sea of Japan peering down a rifle barrel at an angry tiger fighting to break free of the snare that had captured her. She lunged from the tall grasses some 30 feet away and snarled a menacing, guttural growl that made the hairs on the back of Quigley's neck stand on end. He focused the gun's cross-hairs on his target's shoulder, trying to ignore the cat's bone-chilling roars. Read the Article