Oxford University Press ,1999 ,New Delhi . Hardbound . Used Book . The last century has witnessed a remarkable change in attitudes to wildlife, with the focus shiftng from conquest or slaughter towards conservation. The volume, the second in a two-volume set which brings together wildlife writing from the days of the Raj to the present times, celebrates the transformation. Condition good. . ISBN: 0195645936 . (more information)

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Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 1999. The Last century has witnessed a remarkable change in attitudes to wildlife, with the focus shifting from conquest or slaughter towards conservation. This volume, the second in a two - volume set which brings together wildlife writing from the days of the Raj to the Present times, celebrates the transformation. The narratives of tiger shikar bring the naturalist to the fore as they describe the big cat in a variety of habitats across South Asia and Celebrate its majesty. There are vivid descriptions by pioneering animal watchers such as Corbett's account of a stage in the mountains, ecounters with the lions fo Gir Forest on foot, the life - and - death encounter of prey and predator in the jungles of assam, and Salim Ali's description of the 'City of flamingoes.' The transition from gun to camera emerges clearly through the experienes of two great conservationists - Kailash Sankhala and Arjan Singh. The new class of naturalists gives equal attention to smaller animals and trees, as evident int he pieces on the blackbuck, the wild dog, the turtle, the cobra, and the comings and goings at a waterhole in summer. The Volume also documents new trends in the study of animal behaviour and life, in the accounts of Valmik Thapar and R. Sukumar which detail the family life of tigers and elephants. The dilemmas of conservation come alive in this book, and alert us to the need for efforts to keep nature a heaven for wildlife as well as a home for man.. Paperback. New. (more information)

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