*** Everything is right in its own way***
# Man Eaters are justified in killing
humans if it is the only way left for them to eat to live.
# When the lives and security of country and its people is under constant
threat by a living being it is bound to be captured alive or eliminated if
circumstances warranted-could be ' Osama Bin Laden' or 'other extremists',
'wildlife poachers', 'Forest Brigands'; 'Man-eating big cats' are no
exception.
# Hunters and Soldiers are duty bound to eliminate enemies of people, so
the Country, under assignment by the Peoples Government.
# People to understand that "Hunters" are entirely different from
"Poachers" and to be grateful to them for undertaking such arduous
and hazardous tasks.
Great book of real life Adventure [non-fiction]
with historical events. The contents, pathetic stories of the victims
for Man-eaters is dedicated to the lives of deceased innocent, unfortunate
people [mostly women who are out into the deep jungles for picking up
firewood, vegetables, broom grass, mohua flowers and seeds to be sold in the
weekly market] of 'Maria' tribe of "Abujmarh" hill plateau of Bastar
district, situated in Central India ruled by 'Tooth and Claw' by born
"Man Eating Tigers" since ages. Successfully hunted by Author, the
Native professional Hunter, hailed from the same District under "Life or
Death" conditions, almost dead a dozen times. He is considered as one of
the TWO big Game professional hunters in India.
Review of "Man Eating Tigers of Central India":
Year after year the list of endangered wildlife species around the world sadly
grows longer. Trophy hunting is also endangered and today professional hunting
guides are almost as endangered as some of their game. Rarer still are guides
who specialize in tracking down man-eating animals. But one man who dealt with
many man-eaters in his lifetime, also happens to be a qualified writer. He is
Ajai"Jay" Kumar Reddy of India, who describes many of his hunts for
marauding tigers in a fine new book, " Man Eating Tigers Of Central India
"
Man-Eating Tigers is far more than just a recitation of killing beautiful but
deadly great cats. Kumar describes the remote, roadless backcountry of India
during the 1950s and 1960s. He brings the reader to isolated villages and
smoky campfires, the sometimes eerily silent and sometimes noisy jungles where
tigers, leopard and Pythons prey on deer and wild pigs and peafowl. When an
aging or injured tiger can no longer capture natural prey, it turns to
easier-to-catch villagers it finds gathering firewood or following ancient
footpaths unarmed.
Some man-eaters even grew bold enough to drag
villagers from their huts at night. Professional hunters such as Kumar Reddy
(often with a rich American or European sportsman in tow) were called to
eliminate the menace.
That was never easy. The man-eaters did not
reach old age by being easy targets. Much planning, tracking, baiting,
beating, sitting silently in tree blinds all night, were necessary to squeeze
off a quick shot at stripes vanishing in the brush. And it was dangerous. In
one chapter entitled"Rogue of Rajpur" Kumar-Reddy
describes guiding an American doctor on a tracking ordeal that lasted weeks.
During this time several tribesmen were attacked and killed before the
man-eater itself met its end only feet from the guide and his hunter.
Summed up, exciting non-fiction books like this
one are as rare today as the striped cats that manage to survive in a few
scattered forests of Asia.
Erwin A. Bauer
epbauer@olypen.com
About The Author:
Prior to the ban on big game hunting in India, AjaiKumar Reddy Author of
"Man-Eating Tigers of Central India", was one of the top two
professional game hunters in India, pursuing several man-eating Tigers in
addition to other dangerous animals.
Leading his high profile clients on game safari
through the jungles of India, the author entertained the likes of Indian
Maharajas, U.S. Governors and Senators, leading businessmen, and
Hollywood celebrities. With his experience and knowledge of the remote Tribal
dialects, he quickly became the hunter of choice where eliminating a man-eater
was concerned.
"Ajay" has shared his thoughts, fears
and triumphs with readers in this well written and descriptive narrative of a
lifetime in pursuit of the Man Eating Tigers of Central India.
Erwin Bauer
epbauer@olypen.com
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