Wild Tigers Of Ranthambhore - Couverture souple

Thapar, Valmik; Singh Rathore, Fateh

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0195658361 ISBN 13 : 9780195658361

Editeur : OUP India, 2001

Synopsis

This book is both a celebration and a warning. With over twenty-five years of work with the tigers of Ranthambhore, the authors have observed the magnificent animal growing in number and gradually losing its fear of man. From being a shadowy, elusive, nocturnal animal, it began inching into daylight. Despite the progress, the authors warn, there is no room for self-congratulation or complacence as new threats have now begun to force the tiger back into the night. Documenting tiger watching from the seventies to the present day, the authors eloquently and passionately argue for new and more radical initiatives to protect the animal, and, by extension, wilderness itself. The book contains photographs and commentary on almost every aspect of the tiger's life, from mating, feeding, and hunting, to rearing cubs and reacting to humans. It also portrays the world around the tiger : the deer, the peacock, and the sloth bear. Visual paean to a glorious animal, impassioned plea to save the ecosystem that supports it, and a brief history of the efforts to save the tiger, this is a book for all animal lovers.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Fateh Singh Rathore has spent nearly forty years working with Ranthambhore tigers and the wildlife of Rajasthan. He was Field Director of the reserve during 1979 - 87. Today, he is Vice-President of Tiger Watch, an NGO working to strengthen the protection of Ranthambhore National Park. Valmik Thapar has spent twenty-five years working with tigers, and is chairman of the Cat Specialist Group of IUCN for South Asia and a member of several committees relating to the Ministry of Environment and Forest. He is the founder of the Ranthambhore Foundation, which works to save the tiger in India. He has presented the BBC film series 'Land of the Tiger'.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: OUP India
• Date d'édition: 2001
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0195658361
• ISBN 13: 9780195658361
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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