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020			_a9780195622553
082			_a799.2774428 _bCor
100			_aCorbett, Jim
245			_a Man-eaters of Kumaon
260			_bOxford University Press _c1989 _aNew Delhi
300			_axiv;214p. _c8.5x5.5 _bpb
520			_aThe presence of a man-eating tiger in the impoverished rural community of Nainital spread fear and panic among the terrified locals. This tigress had already devoured over 460 victims by the time Jim Corbett was approached to track and kill her in 1907. These ten thrilling and moving tales are Corbett's first-hand accounts as he expertly tracks and kills many tigers and two leopards which had become man-eaters, driven to this by injury or extreme old age. No one understood the signs of the jungle better than Corbett. A skilled tracker, Corbett preferred to hunt alone and on foot, sometimes accompanied by his small dog Robin. He derived intense happiness from his observations of wildlife and was an important conservationist as well as a tracker and ace shot. He empathised with the impoverished people amongst whom he lived, in what is today Uttrakhand, and he established India's first tiger sanctuary there.
650			_aTiger sanctuary - India
942			_cBK