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Once respected, feared, and revered across the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent, the tiger in India is today an endangered species with its numbers dwindling alarmingly. In this situation the concerns of Valmik Thapar, one of India’s foremost tiger conservationists, and others like him are isolated voices in the wilderness.
The Illustrated Tigers of India, part of the Oxford India Illustrated Collection, presents a real life account of Indian tigers in the wild. Thapar and fellow experts recount their firsthand experiences of the life and times of the tiger from birth to adulthood. These engaging accounts and authentic tales provide a rare glimpse of the ‘secret life of tigers’ never seen in captivity.
In ‘The Life of the Tiger’, the story of birth, childhood, family life, learning by doing, and adulthood is vividly on display. The Future of the Tiger’, on the crisis of the tiger today and its future, is an impassioned appeal to save the tiger and its environment.
The tiger factsheet and map, the numerous photographs of tigers in the wild, and the realistic illustrations evocative of tiger life, that accompany the gripping narrative give readers a unique exposure to India’s national animal. The colour section depicting the life cycle of the tiger is both rare and appealing.
ISBN - 978019569170
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