granted ive not read all of Corbett's and Anderson's stuff but here are two insightsi have to two of those points...
on the cobra, as my nick on here suggests i am a snake guy, king cobras are actually quite common, would be unusually if both writers didnt write about them...one fact about kings is unlike most snakes they make a nest and then defend it, kings are so thick on the ground in most of "wet India" that during the nesting season the natives will not work in the fields cause the chances of running into a pissed off king defending her nest is to high
on the poacher thing.....as i said, not as well read on India as i am Africa but have read of this happening in Africa to more than a few guys looking to get started....
but thats just two points and you say there are more.....