The Tsavo Man-Eaters were a pair of large man-eating male lions in the Tsavo region of Kenya, which were responsible for the deaths of many construction workers on the Kenya-Uganda Railway between Mar
The Tsavo Man-Eaters on display in the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, Illinois
The first lion killed by Patterson, now known as FMNH 23970
Tsavo Lion skulls on display at the Field Museum in Chicago
Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson was a British Army officer, hunter, and author best known for his book The Man-eaters of Tsavo, which details Patterson's experiences during the construction of
Tsavo Man-Eaters
…most notorious instances of dangers posed to Indian and native African workers of the Uganda Railway. They were eventually killed by Lieutenant-Colonel John Henry Patterson, who wrote his account of his hunting experience in a semi-biography The Man-eaters of Tsavo. Today, the Tsavo Man-Eaters are the most widely studied…
Taurotragus oryx pattersonianus by Joseph Smit (1907)
The 38th battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, led by Patterson (lead horse – left), marches in the streets of London, February 1918