Some of the tigers trained for Soviet circuses come from the Far East tiger country where they are trapped by groups of skilled hunters. The film shows the hunters, accompanied by dogs, trail their prey which, generally, prefer to elude rather than turn on their pursuers. After the dogs have cornered the tigers the hunters pin them down with forked branches.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010932
Language
English
Subject categories
Animals & Wildlife → Animals, Treatment of
Animals & Wildlife → Captive wild animals
Animals & Wildlife → Circus animals
Documentary → Documentary films - Soviet Union
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Hunting
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)