What are the various reactions to the tiger at large?

Raja then recounts that one day, when his mate was out hunting, his three cubs went to look for their mother, but failed to return home. Looking for his family, Raja finds that they have been killed by hunters. Enraged, he follows the hunters to their village, where he attacks and kills a sheep. Satisfied by this "easy" method of hunting, Raja begins a period of stalking rural villages, killing the livestock of the villagers for sport. As Raja's attacks became more daring, and as the villagers became more concerned for their animals, he attracts the attention of the leader of a travelling circus, "Captain." Not long after, Captain baits Raja, and catches him in a steel cage (38).