Paul Krugman: We're in the midst of a global food crisis -- the second in three years. World food prices hit a record in January, driven by huge increases in the prices of wheat, corn, sugar and oils... having a brutal impact on the world's poor... The consequences of this food crisis go far beyond economics... uprisings... [not] why they're happening as why they're happening now. [...] While several factors have contributed to soaring food prices, what really stands out is the extent to which severe weather events have disrupted agricultural production... as rising concentrations of greenhouse gases change our climate... the current food price surge may be just the beginning. Have food prices really soared?There are plenty of people carrying water for this view right here on FR.
According to official statistics [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/statistics/], 34,075 people were killed by tigers in British-administered India, 1875-1912. That includes 11,423 k. 1900-1912.