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Korean tiger | Modelspinning — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:35:23 +0000

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By: Bill Fisher

Bill Fisher — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:04:03 +0000

John,
Where and when did this occurr?
I’m 70 years old and have done a lot of hunting. I started learning to track in Alaska
at age seven taught by an Alaska scout, an Aleut esquimo. I’v lived in Europe, Asia and North America. I’ve seen big cat tracks in some very odd places. and do not doubt your word. They don’t ever let you see them unless they want to. I firmly believe there are many more than even most woodsmen think. They are just very secretive, and becoming more so every day with habitat loss and human population growth. e mail me. fisherwillypete@aol.com.
Best to you,
Billi

By: Bill Fisher

Bill Fisher — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:51:17 +0000

I was in 1/72nd tank in Korea in 1976. At that time there was a pretty widespread rumor that a ROK infantry regiment had been deployed in the mountans to deal out a maneater a horangie or tiger.

By: john

john — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 04:58:30 +0000

I happen to know for a fact, that there are still tigers living in S. Korea. I saw one with my own eyes. I know it sounds crazy, but it was there, and wouldn’t let us accomplish our mission.

By: Brandon

Brandon — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 18:46:21 +0000

Mike’s never been to Korea

By: Amey Vernekar

Amey Vernekar — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 13:57:35 +0000

save animals

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Saving Tigers from Extinction – A 6% Solution – EcoLocalizer — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:59:02 +0000

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By: KARINA

KARINA — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:05:04 +0000

Gavin how can some animals look so nice,but be so mean?

By: tellos

tellos — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 13:45:56 +0000

Nice story thanks

By: W E Stewart

W E Stewart — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 02:07:36 +0000

I was in Korea in the fifties, and I can tell you from my experiences that Koreans on the average, were excited by the prospect of having a pet. I lived in a house owned by a man who worked in a Bank in E Ta Won.The house was located up past the old fire station on the right , towards Ham lam Dong. This man was friend of mine and I helped him build this house. I designed it, and provided the necessary electrical and plumbing fixtures for it. I was going to share half the house, and for this I was to live rent free for as long as I was in Korea.
People, you have to understand that we did things differently back then. I had a friend that was going to the States for vacation and would return in about thirty days. He was a civilian pilot be flying on Military aircraft. I told him bring back a couple of boxer pups, from diffent litters, a male and female and we would start a new fade. Well here he comes one day with not two pups but, four! Two boxers and two tiny poodles. What a hit they made. The Koreans were estatic. The wives of some of these men were plotting and scheming to get a puppy. Well, these dogs had to grow up to mature for breeding. We managed to keep them un-pregant for a whole year. Then the girls and boys went into action. The puppies were born, five Boxers and four Poodles. We had 9 people, some couples and a couple singles, I counted the couples as singles. Six months go by and more puppies on the docket, well you can tell that after two years we had a going concern. I had managed to get a couple more German Shepards in country and that was the worst thing I ever did. People were fighting over them. Parakeets were another wildly popular pet. I can say very proudly that I helped bring much happiness to many a Korean family. They hungered for pets for themselves and their children.
We went back in 1970 and stayed another five years and my wife took two young puppies in her purse and bottle fed them the whole way on North West Orient airlines. Walked right thru customs, never batted an eye, cool woman with the big purse. Our youngest son was five years old and he almost gave it away. But the glare from his mothers eyes soon cooled his tongue.
One day in 1958 I was standing in an alley that led up to the top of E Tae Won, right between the old drug store and the little chinese restaurant. E Tae Won was off limits to soldiers and it didn’t pay even for civilians to be seen there by the MP’s. I was talking with a National Policemen when this man walked up with a young dog under his arm and a long knife in his right hand. We gabbed for a minute and I dertermined that he was going to kill the poor thing and have it for supper. I asked him how much he paid for it and then I offered him double. Took the doggy and he became a mascot for us. It’s hell out there in the world for some folks and it’s really hell out there for the animals, becasue of some folks!