Summary
The lesson "A Hunter Turned Naturalist" tells the story of Edward James Corbett, popularly known as Jim Corbett, a British wildlife photographer, hunter, tracker, naturalist, and writer. He hunted several man-eating tigers and leopards in India but was always opposed to killing animals for sport or pleasure. He only hunted man-eaters at the request of the government to protect villagers.
According to Corbett's theory, tigers become man-eaters when they grow old or get hurt and can no longer hunt their natural prey. Since humans are slower than wild animals, they become easy targets. Once a tiger tastes human flesh, it refuses to eat any other flesh.
The lesson describes his first major hunt -- The Champawat Tiger, a Bengal tigress responsible for nearly 436 deaths in Nepal and the Kumaon area of India. This record is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records. The tigress had begun her attacks in a Rupal village in western Nepal. After the Nepalese Army drove her across the border, she continued her killings in the Kumaon District of India. Villagers were terrified and stopped going into the forest.