A Russian retiree was mauled to death by a rare Siberian tiger after he followed the big cat’s tracks into the woods because it had killed and dragged away his pet dog, authorities said.

A man whose dog was attacked and dragged away by a Siberian tiger followed the predator's tracks to find his pet — only to be attacked and killed by the tiger in a forest in eastern Russia ...

KHABAROVSK, Russia — A man whose dog was attacked and dragged away by a Siberian tiger followed the predator's tracks to find his pet — only to be attacked and killed by the tiger in a forest ...

The man followed the tiger’s tracks and eventually encountered it in a forest, where it had dragged the dog. The tiger felt threatened by the man, so it attacked, killing him, the center said.