Tiger: Portrait of a Predator

Arts & Photography

THAPAR, VALMIK

Photography & Video

HarperCollins Distribution Services

In this generously illustrated narrative, Thapar documents the family life of three tigers and their cubs at every stage of the cubs' development. Providing remarkable insights into these secretive and nocturnal creatures, the author includes surprising new evidence that male tigers play a significant role in rearing their offspring. Valmik Thapar is a freelance photographer and documentary film maker who has spent 20 years in the Ranthambhore National Park, where the tigers are protected. His account will fascinate anyone with an interest in wildlife and animal behavior.

The Secret Life of Tigers

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Oxford University Press

Through photographs by Fateh Singh Rathore and Valmik Thapar, this book illustrates the fate of the tiger from the early days of the Ranthambore Sanctuary and Project Tiger, through to the present, taking a look into the future of the tiger in the new millennium. An essay by Thapar evokes the first few years of the sanctuary and goes on to discuss the difficulties of tiger conservation in an economically backward and overpopulated country like India. It brings alive the fascination of observing the secret life of this predominantly nocturnal animal. This lavishly produced book contains 120 superb photographs which will make this a delight for all those interested in the fate of this magnificent animal.

Wild Tigers of Ranthambore

Contributed articles on tigers of India.

Tigers and Tigerwallahs

CORBETT, JIM

Ward, Geoffrey

Ward, Diane Raines

SIngh, Billy Arjan

The Cult of the Tiger

Earth Sciences

OUP India

Through photographs by Fateh Singh Rathore and Valmik Thapar, this book illustrates the fate of the tiger from the early days of the Ranthambore Sanctuary and Project Tiger, through to the present, taking a look into the future of the tiger in the new millennium. An essay by Thapar evokes the first few years of the sanctuary and goes on to discuss the difficulties of tiger conservation in an economically backward and overpopulated country like India. It brings alive the fascination of observing the secret life of this predominantly nocturnal animal. This lavishly produced book contains 125 excellent photographs which will make this a delight for those interested in the fate of this magnificent animal. In this new edition, the author has added an epilogue in which he discusses the current plight of the dwindling tiger population and how to upgrade the conservation methods to protect the endangered species.

Ratore, Fateh Singh

The royal Bengal tiger is on the verge of extinction. There have been other moments in the past when the tiger in India has been threatened. This book traces the history of such crises and conservation efforts to battle them from the nineteenth century right up to the present crisis. The tiger as a trophy has always been valued and its very abundance in the past has spelt terrible excesses against it. But the tiger has always had its champions and the continuities in the conservation efforts are intriguing. Thapar points out that the arguments used by British conservationists to interest politicians in its preservation mostly underlined its economic wisdom and Thapar has often used the same tactics himself! At two other moments in time in India's history as an independent nation, the tiger's existence has been threatened. Both were tided over by concerned, capable, and decisive political leadership at the helm of affairs. The first in fact saw the genesis of Project Tiger in 1973 - the only proud moment in independent India's tiger conservation history. This time round the threat is different, more potent, and by far the most severe. Its use in Chinese medicine has replaced trophy hunting as the most potent threat to the tiger and organized and armed poaching and smuggling gangs with international links operate fearlessly in many of our national parks. Thapar fears that issues of poverty and inequity have diluted the mission focus of the Task Force - constituted by the Prime Minister of India to deal with the crisis - of preventing the tiger's disappearance off India's map. He is convinced that the only solution is to create inviolate protected areas, to seal off the country's national parks forthwith as it were. He points out that tiger habitats form a very small percentage of India's land area and sealing them off from human populations is surely a tiny price to pay for conserving an invaluable and irreplaceable national heritage.

The Last Tiger

Through paragraphs by Fateh Singh Rathore and Valmik Thapar, and essay and fact sheets, this book illustrates the fate of the tiger from the early days of Ranthambore Sanctuary and Project Tiger, through to the present, taking a look into the future of the tiger into the new millennium.

Wild Tigers of Ranthambhore

Rathore, Fateh Singh

Once respected, feared, and revered across the length and breadth of the Indian subcontinent where it roamed in majestic arrogance, the tiger in India is today an endangered species with its numbers dwindling alarmingly. In this situation the efforts of Valmik Thapar, one of India's foremost tiger conservationists, and others like him are isolated voices in the wilderness.The first section 'Introducing the Tiger', apart from discussing the origins of the tiger, provides interesting sidelights on tiger subspecies and global distribution. It sets the stage for the next chapter, 'Tiger Facts', a two-page visual representation of the unique physical attributes of the tiger which make it one of the most efficient hunters. The core of the book, 'The Life of the Tiger', explores the childhood, adolescence, and adulthood of the Indian tiger as lived in the wild and also includes excerpts from writings by other tiger experts, past and present. the section 'The Future of the Tiger', while discussing the crisis of the tiger today links this to the cult of the tiger. Apart from the photos and line drawings of tigers and other animals interspersing the narrative, the 8 pp. colour section depicting the lifecycle of the tiger will be a special attraction for readers. Discussing the future of the tiger, Thapar makes an impassioned appeal for drastic measures to save this precious heritage of ours from disappearing through apathy.

The Illustrated Tigers of India (Oxford India Collection (Hardcover))

The Secret Life of Tigers documents the family life of three tigresses and their cubs at every stage of the cubs' development, from soon after birth to adulthood. The book records extraordinary discoveries about the lives of tigers, with the role of the father in the wild recorded for the first time. The enhanced second edition comes with a new preface by the author and latest information on the forest occupancy of tigers, co-predators, prey, and population estimates of tigers in India. Written in a lucid, story-telling style, and with twenty-four outstanding colour plates, this book will enthrall all animal lovers and those interested in the conservation of wildlife.

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Tiger: Portrait of a Predator

The Secret Life of Tigers

Wild Tigers of Ranthambore

Tigers and Tigerwallahs

The Cult of the Tiger

Wild Tigers of Ranthambore

The Last Tiger

Wild Tigers of Ranthambhore

The Illustrated Tigers of India (Oxford India Collection (Hardcover))

The Secret Life of Tigers