There is no point in comparing numbers, or politics of two countries.

Its a sad thing that the massacre happened.

The main hunt in india before the british was pig sticking or if one was even richer, hunting with dogs or cheetahs, falcons etc.

With the british started the trophy hunting and the indians also believed that was the civilised thing to do and continued to do so for another 25 years but one cant compare the sheer numbers of edwardian era hunts and post 1947 for obvious reasons.

And no these werent man eaters or cattle lifters. Most wildlife after 1972 was destroyed through habitat destruction and poaching. Hunting doesnt deplete population but massacring does.

Lord reading, Lord linlithgow, Lord curzon, King george of course, King edward, you name the person, he did it. And to top it up the wing shooting numbers were attained without gamekeeping!!

I have seen what killing hundred partridges a day for 5 years does to the population of the surrounding.

What happened to the bison is sad but its good they have made a comeback.

Hope the same happens to the animals of the subcontinent.