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Jim Corbett

Edward James 'Jim' Corbett was born on Julyof the most cunning and lethal Man-Eaters of
25th, 1875, in Kumaon, that beautifulall time who preyed upon Hindu pilgrims of
paradise at the foothills of Himalayas. Histhat region for over a decade!), the
father Christopher Corbett was postmaster ofTalla-Des Man-Eater, the Mohan Man-Eater, the
the town Naini Tal, and Jim spent hisThak Man-Eater and the Chowgarh Tigers. Those
childhood in an area surrounded by beautifulwere the times when over a hundred thousand
Jungles and dangerous predators. He fell intigers roamed freely in India and frankly in
love with the forest and its animals andmany parts it was a matter of whether the
since an early age he knew how to mimictiger  or  humans  would  survive!
animal  sounds  and  track  lethal predators.
Despite his prolific hunting skills, Jim
Whilst being known as a conservationist andCorbett never killed an animal for sport. He
big game photographer, Jim Corbett's actualwas a great conservationist and after his
place in history is as one of the best bigretirement from the hunting scene moved to
cat hunters to have ever lived ~ don't get meKenya where he wrote about his Indian
wrong here ~ Jim Corbett was a true gentlemanadventures in seven highly acclaimed books.
and a great animal lover ~ he never killed anHe died of a heart attack on 19th April 1955
animal that was not troublesome. He resortedand was buried at St. Peter's Anglican Church
only to removing those dangerous Man-Eatersin Nyeri. He spent most of his later days
that terrorized Indian villagers a centuryraising alarm about the plight of animals in
ago. Roaming freely without any hindranceIndia. In 1957, India's first national park,
these deadly animals governed fear in Indianin the Kumaon region was named in his honor.
jungles at that time unlike any fear theIn 1968 one of the five remaining subspecies
simple people of those forests ever hadof tigers was named after him: Panthera
experienced. People would rather die ofTigris Corbetti, better known as Corbett's
starvation in their huts than venture out inTiger.
the open where the tigers growled and cunning
leopards  lay  in  waiting.Below  are  his  books:
Between the years 1907 and 1938, Jim Corbett*  Man-eaters  of  Kumaon
killed nearly a dozen Man-Eaters in India -
predators who are estimated to have killed at*  The  Man-eating  Leopard  of  Rudraprayag
least 1500 people during their reign of
terror. Jim Corbett always took on the most*  My  India
dangerous animals - when everybody else had
quit and all hope was lost. He hunted alone*  Jungle  Lore
and routinely came within five to ten metres
of the Man-Eater before killing it. His keen* The Temple Tiger and more man-eaters of
senses enabled him to outdo the most cunningKumaon
of those lethal cats, that included the
Champawat Tigress (his very first kill - the*  Tree  Tops
Man-Eating tigress was responsible for more
kills than any other single Man-Eater in*  Man-Eaters  of Kumaon and The Temple Tiger
history - 436!), the Panar Leopard (400 kills
again!), the Rudraprayag Leopard (perhaps oneMay the great man rest in eternal peace.



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