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Rescuers decided that tranquilizing the three-year-old tigress was not an option.
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Even An Army Failed To Stop The Champawat Tiger
The tigress’s escape from Nepal to India alone demonstrated her resilience even in the face of an army.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
No speakers or microphones are needed to hear the roar of the tigress.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The story lifts the veil on our planet’s most revered and charismatic animal, inviting viewers to journey alongside Ambar, a young tigress raising her cubs in the forests of India.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024
The enormous tigress was covered with yellow, orange, and white carnations, and shrouded in white, except for her magnificent head.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022
Collarwali was a tough-love kind of mother, letting her cubs start hunting earlier than a more helicopter-parenting sort of tigress.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022
After gaining the trust of the mother tigress, staff was able to treat the cubs and get them on their feet.
—Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2022
This inbreeding resulted in the birth of a tigress named Mohini—one of two white tigers in the litter of four produced by Mohan and his daughter.
—Azzedine Downes, Scientific American, 22 June 2021
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Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025
Even An Army Failed To Stop The Champawat Tiger
The tigress’s escape from Nepal to India alone demonstrated her resilience even in the face of an army.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
No speakers or microphones are needed to hear the roar of the tigress.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
The story lifts the veil on our planet’s most revered and charismatic animal, inviting viewers to journey alongside Ambar, a young tigress raising her cubs in the forests of India.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024
The enormous tigress was covered with yellow, orange, and white carnations, and shrouded in white, except for her magnificent head.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022
Collarwali was a tough-love kind of mother, letting her cubs start hunting earlier than a more helicopter-parenting sort of tigress.
—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022
After gaining the trust of the mother tigress, staff was able to treat the cubs and get them on their feet.
—Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2022
This inbreeding resulted in the birth of a tigress named Mohini—one of two white tigers in the litter of four produced by Mohan and his daughter.
—Azzedine Downes, Scientific American, 22 June 2021
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“Tigress.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tigress. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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tigress
noun
ti·gress
ˈtī-grəs 
: a female tiger
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