One advantage the tiger cub event has over the turtle one is that you can invis the cub after trappers pop, and have summons target the trappers instead. Or, use controllable summons (I typically have an air elemental and a water elemental for the walk to the village, and target the trappers after invising the cub)
You then have to keep invising him, and be ready to dispel uncontrolled summons (if you use EVs, blade spirits or an RC) if they turn on the cub.