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A death from a tiger attack had not been recorded in India since 1962, [17] but authorities concluded that three different tigers (at Satiana, Goia and Sarada) had attacked people in the state. Other deaths followed on 15 March, 3 April and 27 April. The Satiana tiger was shot and killed on 14 August 1978 by a wildlife warden. [17]
Animals such as the Champawat Tiger, the Leopard of Rudraprayag, and the Panar Leopard had taken hundreds of victims in the divisions of Kumaon and Garwhal, before their deaths at Corbett's hands. Man-Eaters of Kumaon , which detailed several such hunts, became an international bestseller; it was followed by several other books and was adapted ...
One tiger, for example, was responsible for over 400 human deaths. Man-Eaters of Kumaon is the best known of Corbett's books, and contains 10 stories of tracking and shooting man-eaters in the Indian Himalayas during the early years of the twentieth century. The text also contains incidental information on flora, fauna and village life.
A man who’s dog was stolen by a tiger went to find out what happened to his pet – only to meet the same fate
Alleged death toll Location Lions of Njombe: Up to 1500 (according to the main source) Tanzania Champawat tiger: 436 Nepal/India Leopard of Panar: 400 Northern India Gustave (crocodile) 300+ Burundi, rumored Talla Des Man Eater: 150 India Leopard of the Central Provinces: 150 India Tsavo's man-eating lions: 34 Kenya Leopard of Rudraprayag: 125 ...
Nala, a 24-year-old African lion, and Victor, a 17-year-old Amur tiger, died within six days of one another in September of last year. 2022: Erie Zoo's Amur tiger, Victor, dies. Second animal ...
An estimated 100 POWs and other prisoners died during the brutal 100-mile march in the dead of winter. Veterans column: Newark's Nickells survives the 'Tiger Death March' in Korea Skip to main content
The Chuka man-eating tiger was a male Bengal tiger responsible for the death of three boys from Thak village in the Ladhya Valley in 1937. It was shot by Jim Corbett in April 1937 who noted that the animal had a broken canine tooth and several gunshot wounds in various parts of his body.