For Real - Killer Tiger being lured w/Calvin Klein Obsession

[downtoearth]

How to Attract a Killer Tigress? Try a Man’s Cologne

PANDHARKAWADA, India — Do man-eating tigers like Calvin Klein cologne?

The Indian authorities are about to find out.

For the past six months, forest rangers in a wet and bushy patch of central India have been chasing a cunning female tiger suspected of killing 13 people.

They have thrown just about everything they have at the tigress: hundreds of foot soldiers to comb the jungle, bulldozers to clear it, sharpshooters, jeeps, camera traps, a thermal imagery drone and five Indian elephants in hopes of surrounding the tiger so the veterinarians riding the elephants can dart her.

No luck.

So the rangers plan to deploy a new weapon: a bottle of Calvin Klein Obsession cologne.

“I know, it’s really funny,” said Sunil Limaye, one of the top forestry officials directing the tiger hunt. “But what are we going to do?”

www.nytimes.com/2018/10/08/world/asia/india-tiger-cologne-obsession.html

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[SwimDeep]

[Vespasia]

This is like the opposite of the "Victoria's Secret perfume as bug spray" trend.

[isabel]

"This fragrance for men includes civetone, a compound originally derived from the scent glands of a civet though now often made synthetically. Obsession has been billed as irresistible to women. But because of the civetone, it is also scientifically proven to make wild cats go gaga. They roll around it, they take huge sniffs, they luxuriate in the smell for several minutes."


"Once a tiger encounters a person and kills, it may develop a taste for human flesh, which, Mr. Khan says, is sweeter than other animal meat because of all the ginger, salt and spices people consume."

Well. That was kind of a fascinating article.

[mbcdefg]

[sangria]

Are they sure it’s not a cougar?

[katie80]

For real, our local zoo has this on their donation wish list for one of the big cats. (Jaguars, I think. Maybe the leopard)

[mrs.jacinthe]

Anyone have this at home who can test it with a domestic cat? For science? I'm super curious.

[leviosa]

Oct 9, 2018 14:57:05 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Anyone have this at home who can test it with a domestic cat? For science? I'm super curious.

I have a cat. And am considering ordering a bottle. Lol


Also, I really hope they update this story if it works.

[mrs.jacinthe]

Oct 9, 2018 19:36:59 GMT -5 leviosa said:

Oct 9, 2018 14:57:05 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Anyone have this at home who can test it with a domestic cat? For science? I'm super curious.

I have a cat. And am considering ordering a bottle. Lol


Also, I really hope they update this story if it works.

I've been going through all my "stinky" magazines (as my husband would put it) hoping for a scent tester page of it and it would seem it's been out too long for that.  I wonder if ulta would give me a tester strip or something.

[pixy0stix]

Oct 9, 2018 19:43:47 GMT -5 mrs.jacinthe said:

Oct 9, 2018 19:36:59 GMT -5 leviosa said:

I have a cat. And am considering ordering a bottle. Lol


Also, I really hope they update this story if it works.

I've been going through all my "stinky" magazines (as my husband would put it) hoping for a scent tester page of it and it would seem it's been out too long for that.  I wonder if ulta would give me a tester strip or something.

Sephora gives you a little spritzer bottle. I imagine Ulta would too.

[sparrowsong]

It’s true. They like a lot of perfumes and obsession is a favorite. At the carnivore animal sanctuary where I used to work we used it for enrichment activities for the animals.

[wise_rita]

Oct 9, 2018 13:37:10 GMT -5 sangria said:

Are they sure it’s not a cougar?

Seven likes on this is not enough. Let's boost up these numbers, people!