Corbett, Edward James (Jim) (25 July 1875 – 19 April 1955) was an Indian-born British hunter, conservationist and naturalist, famous for slaying a large number of man-eating tigers and leopards in India.

Corbett held the rank of colonel in the British Indian Army and worked for the Bengal and North Western Railway. However, Corbett was frequently called upon by the government of the United Provinces (now the Indian state of Uttarakhand) to slay man-eating tigers and leopards who had killed people in the villages of the Kumaon region. Corbett was able to succeed in many cases where numerous others had failed. Between 1910 and 1938, Corbett shot much-feared man-eaters such as the Champawat Tiger, the Leopard of Rudraprayag, the Tigers of Chowgarh and the Panar Leopard, who had cumulatively killed over a thousand people. His success in slaying the man-eaters earned him much respect and fame amongst the people residing in the villages of Kumaon, many of whom considered him a sadhu (saint).

Corbett was an avid photographer and after his retirement, authored the Maneaters of Kumaon, Jungle Lore and other books recounting his hunts and experiences, which enjoyed much critical acclaim and commercial success.

As his admiration for tigers and leopards grew, he resolved never to shoot them unless they turned man-eater or posed a threat to cattle.

An excellent hunter, with keen senses, Corbett sometimes stalked to within twenty feet of his prey. Doing so helped ensure a clean, killing shot and helped to ensure that he identified and killed the correct animal. By his own account, Corbett shot the wrong animal at least once, and greatly regretted the incident. In addition, man-eaters are quite capable of stalking the hunter. As a result, Corbett preferred to hunt alone and on foot when pursuing dangerous game.

It would look pretty magnificent stuffed and in my living room.

Doesn't make me sad.

You might like the books, Grace. There's very minimal animal killing, though the human body count is staggering with some of those cats. But since it was written a long time ago when manners and decorum were more widely practiced, there really isn't a lot of blood guts and gross factor present in his writing.

Seriously? I would think a rug would be more useful.

I'm sure a leopard skin rug would look magnificent in his living room, too.

I'm sure a leopard skin rug would look magnificent in his living room, too.

Hell yes. Match that zebra striped carpeting in the hall way. I hired Rick James' interior designer. The place is superfreaky.

But I think I'll settle for turning my wife's cat into a rug. That would actually be hillarious, regaling guests with harrowing tales of stalking it through the dense underbrush of the den...

You know as much as you bitch about that cat, I don't believe you. In fact, I bet that cat's ass is right next to your pillow at night.

I realize this leapord killed over 400 people, but seeing such a magnificent creature lying there dead makes me very sad. Anyone else feel that way? Think about it first (no knee jerk reactions).

I just got an email from the leopards great-great-great-great-great grand son. He said he wished the old man eater was killed a few years sooner because he made it awful hard on the rest of his decedents to survive the fall-out from his man eating tendencies. . Grace,if that were Hitler or Stalins body would you feel the same anxiety and desire ask that question?

Donnie

No..and I don't see the connection. Animals don't practice genocide. Animals cannot reason., etc. etc. etc.

Animals that hunt/kill/eat cannot be compared to Hitler, Donnie. Sorry.

Animals can practice genocide and often do Grace. In fact the big cats all practice genocide and infanticide. I thought you knew about male lions killing the offspring of their formal rivals in a pride or intentionally killing the leopards ,cheetahs, hyenas and other food rivals or the water buffalo intentionally setting out to kill every lion cub they can. Actually since you now know that the big cats can practice genocide& Infanticide you Know the rest of the story so the comparison stands.

genocide: the deliberate and systematic destruction of a racial, political, or cultural group


What male lions practice is drivin by instinct to mate again. Again, a leopard killing and eating 400 villagers is not genocide. It's a leopard killing and eating 400 villagers.

Infanticide & genocide are practiced in the Cat kingdom Grace. Simply denying it doesn't change that FACT.

Yeah, and animals have rights.

Infanticide & genocide are practiced in the Cat kingdom Grace. Simply denying it doesn't change that FACT.

Donnie


You are assigning human terms for sake of consistency in supporting your Hitler/leopard comparison. The young of animals are not called infants. Animals eating their young would more aptly be called cannibalism. Animals hunting and eating prey is also not called genocide.

Ain't it strange how I used the ARA's own fuzzy feeling to trap the truth Grace?? You have just gone through a thread that proves my point about taking down those cats is validated by their own actions through inter-species killings and even among their own groups. Lots of humans practiced cannibalism while practicing genocide. Go figure.

Lots of humans practiced cannibalism while practicing genocide.

Grace is right. Animals cannot practice infanticide or genocide or any other word we made up for what HUMANS do to each other.

If you are willing to accept that animals cannot reason then it makes no sense to attach reason to their actions. They are animals. That's it.

Grace is right. Animals cannot practice infanticide or genocide or any other word we made up for what HUMANS do to each other.

If you are willing to accept that animals cannot reason then it makes no sense to attach reason to their actions. They are animals. That's it.

So these humans were going to eat an entire race of people? Or did you mean to imply that they practiced both at the same time?

OR... are you trying to infer that it's okay to kill animals because they do the same shit we kill humans for doing?

But we can assign the term rights to encompass the animal kingdom and deny that we are animals ourselves???

That's what we call a smackdown in the hood.

I don't understand what you're asking.

But we can assign the term rights to encompass the animal kingdom and deny that we are animals ourselves???

Donnie

Who is the "we" assigning those rights?

You are Grace and you do it often though you know that there are no real rights in the animal world. Please notice that I asked what gives us the right to assign these terms over the animal Kingdom.

To which RF responded he hates positive rights.

I did?

Positive rights are the cheapest of bullshit if you ask me

I think you do Dave. What are words in a territorial dispute where the right to live of ANY animal is lost? The lion is only restricted by the size of his territory but it is obvious that he would pull a Hitler of genocide on all cats which limit his hunting success, (only a word describing the same action as knocking off the Jews or the Shites or Bosnians.

Pull a Hitler of genocide on all cats which limit his hunting success?

Cats are territorial... not genocidal. They do not have the forethought to commit genocide. They cannot REASON.

Donnie, you really are as bad as the ARAs with your emotional nonsense. I really see no difference between an ARA telling us it's wrong to kill an animal because its family would miss it and you telling us it's okay to kill animals because they're genocidal and infanticidal. Both are appeals to emotion. Both are attempts to HUMANIZE the actions of animals to further an agenda.

Your conservation arguments make more sense. Maybe you should stick to those?

Turns out that my library has two of his books. I'll check one of them out once I finish with my current read.

They have cool titles. I remember man eater and killer being prominent.