A review by jmatkinson1
No Beast So Fierce: The Terrifying True Story of the Champawat Tiger, the Deadliest Animal in History by Dane Huckelbridge

4.0

The Champawat man-eater was supposed to have killed over 430 men, women and children in border land between India and Nepal in the early years of the 20th Century. In this book Huckelbridge looks at the tiger as an example of an apex predator and examines why tigers turn from killing their normal prey into attacking humans. The book then describes the hunt for the Champawat tiger and the aftermath of her death, a killing in which the hunter becomes a passionate environmentalist. Covering ideas about colonialism, biology, ecology and society in India, this is a fascinating read.