But the main culprits behind the growing mismatch between myth and reality for the tiger have been the invention of tools, advances in hunting techniques, and the growing areas of land cleared for agriculture, which have little by little turned tigers into the victims.
但老虎神、形的日漸分離，主要仍是拜工具的發明、狩獵技術的進步、農業開墾面積日漸擴張，老虎在不知不覺間淪為受害者所致。