The Leopard in India By J.C. Daniel
The Leopard in India By J.C. Daniel Hardcover 818158127X 9788181581273 The Leopard in India Elegant in its beautiful coat and lithe body, the leopard is a majestic predator. Its small size permits it to occupy habitat denied to its larger cousins and its strength, intelligence and ability give it a wide spectrum of prey species ranging in size from a young buffalo to a small rodent. Unfortunately, like its cousins, ruthless poaching and sadly diminishing habitat threaten its survival. This book is the first to collate all available and detailed information on the leopard its distribution, colour, behaviour and co existence with other animals. The book also includes the leopards encounters with humans and the documented stories of man eating leopards. The author, an authority on the subject has sieved this body of work from the early issues of the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. The author has consciously let the stories speak for themselves, with additional comments, where necessary, to give the reader the flavour of a bygone era. This book is useful for students and researchers, policy makers and naturalists and all those who want to learn about the majestic animal to help save it from extinction.
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A compilation of excerpts from the early issues of the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society this is a niche book best suited for wildlife history buffs The extracts span dozens of leopard encounters from pre independence India but be warned These are tales of blood lust with a side of casual racism Courting leopards mating leopards nursing leopards feeding leopards drinking leopards leopard cubs the shikaris mostly British Raj officials and some Indian royalty killed without restraint Many of them racked up body counts in the hundreds Pretty vile stuff The only time I felt any of these killings were justified is when the target was a confirmed man eater There s a chapter dedicated to such rogue animals towards the end of the book So why the high rating It s clear that these submissions to the Journal helped us in understanding the leopard Their natural history value is irrefutable If one can stomach the violence the stories are a fascinating archive of a long gone time in Indian history On the other hand if you re just looking to learn about the biology ecology and status of leopards in India then Sanjay Gubbi s Leopard Diaries is a far better bet 271
Elegant in its beautiful coat and lithe body the leopard is a majestic predator It s small size permits it to occupy habitat denied to its larger cousins and its strength intelligence and ability give it a wide spectrum of prey species ranging in size from a young buffalo to a small rodent Unfortunately like its cousins ruthless poaching and sadly diminishing habitat threaten its survival This book is the first to collate all available and detailed information on the leopard its distribution colour behaviour and co existence with other animals The book also includes the leopard s encounters with humans and the documented stories of man eating leopards The author an authority on the subject has sieved this body of work from the early issues of the Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society The author has consciously let the stories speak for themselves with additional comments where necessary to give the reader the flavour of a bygone era This book is useful for students and researchers policy makers and naturalists and all those who want to learn about the majestic animal to help save it from extinction The Leopard in India.