| //"As we announced on Monday, one of the famous Sepang man-eating tigers has at last been destroyed. It appears that for the last three or four months varied efforts on the part of several noted Malay 'Pawangs' to trap this beast have been unsuccessful. At the request of the manager of Chee Woh Estate Mr. William Hay undertook to destroy the animal. After being ten days at Sepang he succeeded. How the animal was eventually klled is somewhat unusual and interesting. Gintraps tied to logs of wood were set by Mr. Hay, with dogs as baits, and on Friday morning, on making his inspection of the traps, he found one trap with its bait missing and following on the trail found the dead dog uneaten, and the log bitton in pieces, the tiger having escaped with the trap and rope. Mr. Hay followed the tiger until 3 p.m. when the tracks ceased at a small stream in a mangrove swamp. The next day search for the tracks continued, and they were found some 200 yards up stream where the tiger had left the water. On being followed up, the tracks led from the swamp into a big jungle, and at noon Mr. Hay came on the tiger at the edge of the jungle near the big swamp. On hearing his approach the animal made off into the swamp and was chased for one hour before it stopped to show fight, giving Mr. Hay the opportunity of getting in two shots which concluded the hunt. Examination showed that the trap was hanging to the animal, which unfortunately sat on it after killing the dog. The tiger was an old male in perfect condition, measuring almost 9 feet, its fangs and teeth being worn almost to the gums. The tiger was afterwards brought into Sepang village and exhibited, and a collection made in aid of the Red Cross Fund proved very successful. In addition to his two shots, Mr. Hay found a fresh wound and several old ones on the animal, including some caused by buck shot, a snider bullet, and a piece of lead, showing that the animal had been shot at several times. - M M."// (Straits Echo, 28 October 1916, Page 9: {{ :akhbar:straitsecho19161028-1-2-36.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsecho19161028-1.2.36|"The Sepang Tiger"]]); The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 1 November 1916, Page 1844: {{ :akhbar:straitsechomail19161101-1-2-77.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsechomail19161101-1.2.77|"The Sepang Tiger"]]). | //"As we announced on Monday, one of the famous Sepang man-eating tigers has at last been destroyed. It appears that for the last three or four months varied efforts on the part of several noted Malay 'Pawangs' to trap this beast have been unsuccessful. At the request of the manager of Chee Woh Estate Mr. William Hay undertook to destroy the animal. After being ten days at Sepang he succeeded. How the animal was eventually klled is somewhat unusual and interesting. Gintraps tied to logs of wood were set by Mr. Hay, with dogs as baits, and on Friday morning, on making his inspection of the traps, he found one trap with its bait missing and following on the trail found the dead dog uneaten, and the log bitton in pieces, the tiger having escaped with the trap and rope. Mr. Hay followed the tiger until 3 p.m. when the tracks ceased at a small stream in a mangrove swamp. The next day search for the tracks continued, and they were found some 200 yards up stream where the tiger had left the water. On being followed up, the tracks led from the swamp into a big jungle, and at noon Mr. Hay came on the tiger at the edge of the jungle near the big swamp. On hearing his approach the animal made off into the swamp and was chased for one hour before it stopped to show fight, giving Mr. Hay the opportunity of getting in two shots which concluded the hunt. Examination showed that the trap was hanging to the animal, which unfortunately sat on it after killing the dog. The tiger was an old male in perfect condition, measuring almost 9 feet, its fangs and teeth being worn almost to the gums. The tiger was afterwards brought into Sepang village and exhibited, and a collection made in aid of the Red Cross Fund proved very successful. In addition to his two shots, Mr. Hay found a fresh wound and several old ones on the animal, including some caused by buck shot, a snider bullet, and a piece of lead, showing that the animal had been shot at several times. - M M."// (Straits Echo, 28 October 1916, Page 9: {{ :akhbar:straitsecho19161028-1-2-36.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsecho19161028-1.2.36|"The Sepang Tiger"]]); The Straits Echo (Mail Edition), 1 November 1916, Page 1844: {{ :akhbar:straitsechomail19161101-1-2-77.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsechomail19161101-1.2.77|"The Sepang Tiger"]]). |
| | //"The Resident of Negri Sembilan in his annual report states that the last few months of 1916 were marked by an incursion of man-eating tigers into the area between the Jimah and the Sepang rivers, which, it has been suggested, was due to the opening up of lands at Banting and Morib on the Selangor side of the Sepang river, compelling the tigers lurking there to move southward. Three were shot - two by Mr. Hay, of Klang, and one by a Malay at Tanah Merah. The number of deaths from this cause reported as occuring in the district was 17."// (The Straits Times, 14 June 1917, Page 6: {{ :akhbar:straitstimes19170614-1-2-30.pdf ||}}[[https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19170614-1.2.30|"Untitled"]]). |
