In the forests of the Russian Far East, an inexperienced and foolhardy poacher triggers an infamous series of tiger attacks on people. The authorities call upon the services of Yuri Trush, a specialist in tracking and eliminating tigers that have lost their fear of man. Conflict Tiger takes Yuri's most notorious pursuit of man eating tiger as the basis for a documentary thriller. From the aftermath of this epic confrontation, the film emerges as a parable which challenges the cosy illusions of the traditional big cat natural history by setting the animal's precarious situation against the pressing needs of human survival.