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- Wildlife filmmaker Colin Stafford-Johnson in Ranthambhore National Park.
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- Broken Tail’s mother, Machli, leads him and his brother, Slant Ear, through their park home.
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- Even as a cub, Broken Tail was charismatic, exuberant, and bold – walking around as if he owned Ranthambhore.
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- Broken Tail was fearless and would often approach Stafford-Johnson and local guide, Salim Ali, as they filmed him in the park.
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- Broken Tail and Slant Ear play-fight in the Ranthambhore.
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- Stafford-Johnson and Salim ride in their jeep. The duo spent 600 days filming Broken Tail, from his birth until his sudden disappearance.
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- A tiger lies next to a ruin in the park. Ranthambhore used to be a private hunting reserve for Indian royalty. Now abandoned, it is used as a wildlife preserve.
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- A tiger peeks out of the bush. Its vertical stripes allow the tiger to blend in with the long grass when it hunts for prey.
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- Tigers are mostly solitary individuals, living alone for the majority of their lifetime.
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- Stafford-Johnson and Salim on their journey to find out what happened to Broken Tail. The trail takes them all the way to Darra, 100 miles outside of Ranthambhore.
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- Broken Tail’s body is removed from the site of the accident in Darra.
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These are beautiful and eye opening pictures, I can only hope to be able to capture moments like these some day.
I totally agree with you, Jessica. Me too.
ive loved tigers ever since i can remember and i hope iwe don’t loose them they are so importment to the world
I love tigers and Ihope that man can stop driving them to the point of extinction our future generations also wanto know og tigers. Broken tail was such a beauty and a wonderful eposode