Dodman presents the overall statement to determine the underlying cause of any form of aggression, the “absence of appropriate socialization and bonding in early life, cats will display an impressive range of wild cat behaviors” (92). Because domesticated cats share a plethora of genes within their genome as a tiger’s genome, they can revert to their wild instincts. Following their wild instincts lays the foundation for the common feral cat. Dodman explores a feral cat’s perspective as he determines that “everybody and everything outside their world is unfamiliar and a potential threat. And potential threats are treated with great suspicion, avoided, or driven away.” (92) In this sense, feral cats easily relate to tigers since they each take care to avoid encounters with humans, yet will strike if necessary. Reconnecting to the genomes of felines, Tina Saey explicates in her article “Tiger,
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These findings can be used to determine how to prevent such reactions. Pitsko summed up in her study that a way to minimize captive tigers’ stress is by creating a natural habitat for them, complete with: extra vegetation and shade, toys, substrates soaked in catnip or urine to “stimulate [their] olfactory senses,” and a pool for them to wade in (30-31). The reduction of stress prevents the big cat from becoming aggressive. Healthy environments as well as the supplement of “intact carcasses of rabbits, rats, mice, and chickens” gives the tigers a way to avoid illness or deformities (Pitsko 31). For wild tigers, humans should simply refrain from entering their known habitats, to avoid accidentally provoking the tigers and causing an attack to occur. It’s important to note that tigers are rapidly declining in the wild population, and it’s necessary to protect them to prevent yet another species from going
These findings can be used to determine how to prevent such reactions. Pitsko summed up in her study that a way to minimize captive tigers’ stress is by creating a natural habitat for them, complete with: extra vegetation and shade, toys, substrates soaked in catnip or urine to “stimulate [their] olfactory senses,” and a pool for them to wade in (30-31). The reduction of stress prevents the big cat from becoming aggressive. Healthy environments as well as the supplement of “intact carcasses of rabbits, rats, mice, and chickens” gives the tigers a way to avoid illness or deformities (Pitsko 31). For wild tigers, humans should simply refrain from entering their known habitats, to avoid accidentally provoking the tigers and causing an attack to occur. It’s important to note that tigers are rapidly declining in the wild population, and it’s necessary to protect them to prevent yet another species from going