Kumar said the tiger was cooling off in water when the sloth bear arrived with her cub. [23] if anyone has an account of a bengal tiger killing or beating a BROWN bear, post it here. we know bengal tigers kill sloth bears regularly. Tigers usually give sloth bears a wide berth, though some specimens may become habitual bear killers[22] and it is not uncommon to find sloth bear fur in tiger scats. But the bear has survived the attack of tiger and could fleed. Tiger's diet includes bear. Wild tigers of Ranthambhore Sloth bear, male or female, can usually hold its own against a tiger. The female Sloth Bear ear along with a cub might have gone towards the water body when the Tiger was relaxing. Literally copy paste from Wikipedia: Bengal tigers will occasionally prey on sloth bears. other than that, these are the only 4. In 1999 there were at least six instances of tigress and sloth bear interactions and in all these cases the sloth bear chased away the tigress after they had both reared up their legs as if to box each other. When the hostess returned she slaped the sloth bear on the face. but this is about BROWN bears. But this tigeress was obviously not hungry and didn't want to risk any injury as she has cubs to feed. ladies and gentleman, as you can see, these are the only 4 recorded fights that we know of brown bears vs "royal" bengal tigers. A termite-searching sloth bear stumbled into a tigress's den.