The Leopard of the Yellagiri Hills was a man eating Indian Leopard which claimed three victims in the vicinity of the Yellagiris, a crescent formation of hills east of the Jalarpet Junction railway on the Southern Railway. It was killed by Kenneth Anderson, who described it as thus;
“..he was most unusual in his habits, even for a man-eater. He had repeatedly attacked his victims in broad daylight. Only tigers do this, as man-eating panthers, being inherent cowards at heart, usually confine their activities to the hours of darkness.”
—The Man-eating Panther of the Yellagiri Hills, The Black Panther of Sivanipalli, Kenneth Anderson, Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1957
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