– There are records of active capture by operating a professional capture organization called “Chakhogun (捉虎軍)” since the Joseon Dynasty, and it became extinct during the Japanese colonial period.
– In the Joseon Dynasty, human casualties from tigers were called ‘hohwan (虎患)’ and there are records of many cases of tigers attacking people and livestock. However, during the Joseon Dynasty, tigers and leopards were considered the same, so it is said that most human casualties were assumed to be leopards rather than tigers.
Anyway, it became extinct during the Japanese colonial period.
– Along with tigers and leopards, brown bears were the main target of capture during the Joseon Dynasty, but since most brown bears are distributed only in the area of Mt. Geumgang and Mt. Baekdu, the border area between China and North Korea, there is some controversy as to whether they live there.
In any case, most of the records of discovery in South Korea are limited to the border areas of North Korea and China, and even this population is extremely small, so it only inhabits eastern Russia.
– Invasions of agricultural lands and attacks on livestock were frequently recorded, and damage to humans was recorded as often as to leopards.
It became extinct along with tigers and leopards during the Japanese colonial period.
– It is rare in South Korea and is mostly distributed in North Korea.
It is believed that most of them became extinct in North Korea around the Japanese colonial period.
– As expected, they became extinct due to great hunting during the Japanese colonial period.