| Kenneth Anderson was a typical British Indian who | | | | Unofficially he may have shot a few more and his |
| was born in India (Hyderabad) in 1910, lived in India | | | | tally could be about 35 big cats. |
| and finally died in India. There is no doubt that people | | | | Kenneth also had the distinction of shooting a few |
| like Kenneth Anderson loved India. He was a sixth | | | | rogue elephants which is perhaps the most difficult |
| generation British whose ancestors hailed from | | | | task for a big game hunter. |
| Scotland. His father was a superintendent at Poona in | | | | Kenneth operated in South India where he had a |
| FCMA and paid the salaries of military personnel. He | | | | plantation. He used his wild life and hunting |
| was an honorary captain. | | | | experiences to great advantage and wrote some |
| Kenneth learned about guns from his father and soon | | | | excellent books on hunting and wild life. Kenneth |
| he developed a love for wild life. But Kenneth | | | | wrote many books which are available of the shelf in |
| Anderson never went back to his mother country | | | | most book stalls. His more famous books are 'Nine |
| and spent all his life in Bangalore where he died in | | | | Man-eaters and One Rogue" (1954), "The Black |
| 1974. A lot of Englishmen left India in 1947 and even | | | | Panther of Sivanipalli and Other Adventures of the |
| Jim Corbett went away to Kenya, but Kenneth | | | | Indian Jungle" (1959) and "Jungles Long Ago".All of |
| deserves credit as he stayed on In India after | | | | them make excellent reading. |
| freedom and never thought of going back to England | | | | Anderson also gives us an excellent description of the |
| and Scotland. | | | | Indian jungles and the tribals who inhabit that area. In |
| Kenneth Anderson will however be remembered as a | | | | fact Kenneth loved these tribals and he identified |
| big game hunter. He loved India and the simple | | | | with them. He was one Englishman who integrated |
| villagers who resided in the south Indian jungles. Very | | | | with the locals as he was fluent in Tamil and Kannada. |
| often these villagers fell prey to man-eating leopards | | | | His weapon was the.405 Winchester - heavy rifle |
| and tigers. Kenneth who loved big game hunting took | | | | which he loved. |
| up the onerous task of getting rid of man eaters. | | | | Kenneth loved to hunt, but in later years he turned |
| Unlike most other hunters, Kenneth usually hunted | | | | to conservation of wild life. But we must salute this |
| the big cats alone. His official records are perhaps a | | | | Scotsman who made India his home and lived for |
| shade below those of Jim Corbett but he did manage | | | | India without a thought of going back. That is his |
| to shoot 8 man eating leopards and 7 tigers. | | | | greatness. |