Tiger! Tiger!

This book has been read, very minor crease on dust jacket, no wear on covers, no markings on inner pages. Spine intact, no creases "No human being has ever lived in closer harmony with tigers than the distinguished Indian naturalist Arjan Singh. For the past twenty-five years he has devoted his life to the study and support of the great cats, and this thrilling account is the result. In a wide ranging historical survey he shows that it was the Victorian Bristish who gave the tiger its bad name: always trying to kill it, they saw the animal only when it was being threatened, and so described it as a cruel and ravening monster. This attitude, continuing far into the present century, reduced tigers to the verge of extinction. Not until the launch of project TIger in the early 1970s did the tide begin to turn. The author played a unique part in the rescue operation, rearing and returning to the jungle a zoo-born tigress called Tara, whom he had acquired as a cub. It is his detailed observation of Tara in the wild, and of the cubs which she bore to a wild mate, that gives his account a special fascination." Good Reads "Kunwar "Billy" Arjan Singh was an Indian hunter turned conservationist and author. He was the first who tried to reintroduce tigers and leopards from captivity into the wild. Arjan Singh was widely honoured for his contributions to conservation. He received one of India's highest civilian national awards, the Padma Shri, in 1995. In 1996, he was awarded the World Wildlife Gold Medal, and obtained the Order of the Golden Ark in 1997. In 2004, Arjan Singh received the Getty Award from the World Wildlife Fund, for his innovative contribution to conservation and for creating public awareness. In 2006 he recieved two further awards, and then the Lifetime Award for Tiger Conservation. He wrote 9 autobiographical wildlife books about his experiences." Good Reads