An image from the American Museum Journal of January 1919 of missionary Harry Caldwell with a South China tiger killed with one shot from his rifle. He knew more than anybody about the subspecies. Photo: courtesy of Harry R Caldwell
An image from the American Museum Journal of January 1919 of missionary Harry Caldwell with a South China tiger killed with one shot from his rifle. He knew more than anybody about the subspecies. Photo: courtesy of Harry R Caldwell
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Tiger sightings in Hong Kong – a definitive guide to the big cats’ roaming in the territory

  • When John Saeki heard the two anecdotes often told about tigers in Hong Kong – the one that killed policemen in 1915 and the one shot in 1942 – he wanted more
  • A long-time resident, he shows South China tiger sightings were reported regularly until the 1950s, and describes in colourful detail several of the accounts

Kylie Knott
Kylie Knott

Updated: 11:15am, 12 Mar, 2022

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An image from the American Museum Journal of January 1919 of missionary Harry Caldwell with a South China tiger killed with one shot from his rifle. He knew more than anybody about the subspecies. Photo: courtesy of Harry R Caldwell
An image from the American Museum Journal of January 1919 of missionary Harry Caldwell with a South China tiger killed with one shot from his rifle. He knew more than anybody about the subspecies. Photo: courtesy of Harry R Caldwell
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