Man Tries to Confront Tiger That Snatched His Dog, Gets Mauled to Death

A 76-year-old man in Russia’s Khabarovsk region was mauled to death by an Amur tiger after apparently trying to confront the cat for attacking his dog.

“Well, [the tiger] took his dog, so he followed its trail and ran into it, as they say,” a local resident of the village of Obor was quoted as telling REN-TV of the attack.

The man’s grief-stricken wife told the news station she’d tried to talk him out of going after the tiger, also known as a Siberian tiger, but to no avail.

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