Saving Wild Tigers 1900 - 2000

Author: Valmik ThaperPublisher: Permanent BlackYear: 2001Language: EnglishPages: 411ISBN/UPC (if available): 817824005X DescriptionThis book charts key moments in the fight to save the tiger, from early beginnings until now. It comprises the finest examples of tiger conservation by the greatest defenders of wild tigers. Between 1875 and 1925 more than 80,000 tigers were slaughtered. Over the next fifty years the massacre grew so alarming that the tiger was driven to the brink of extinction. Alongside this mindless butchery, there began a crusade to protect the tiger. The earliest essay here laments India's vanishing wilderness. By 1920 E P Stebbing, one of the first great protectors, speaks out for changes in wildlife laws. Then E W Champion, renowned for his pioneering writings, argues against motorcars in forests and limits on gun licenses. Jim Corbett is heard befriending the tiger while pointing out that hunters create man-eaters. Later there is S H Prater, pleading for pro