Conservation Work
He rescued two tiger cubs from starvation when their mother was killed by poachers. He experimentally built the first children's toy-train in Asia which was later copied in Cubbon Park, Bangalore. His son Ullas Karanth continues his work in the field of environmentalism with research into the ecology, biology and future of the tiger in India.
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