Among Tigers
eBook - ePub

Among Tigers

Fighting to Bring Back Asia's Big Cats

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  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Among Tigers

Fighting to Bring Back Asia's Big Cats

About this book

Today ten times more tigers live in captivity than survive in the wild.

For over five decades, K. Ullas Karanth has been engaged in the struggle to bring wild tigers back from the brink in India, their last remaining wild stronghold. He tells the story of the tiger itself—its incredible biology, its critical role in shaping natural ecosystems of Asia, and the unique place it holds in our collective imagination.

Among Tigers is the story of how we wound up with fewer than 5,000 wild tigers, and how, with focused efforts we can grow that population ten times or more in a few decades. In doing so, we would bring not only the world's largest and most beloved feline back from the brink, but also save countless other species that share the tigers habitats from the freezing forests of Siberia to the tropics of India.

Karanth shares the adventurous real-life story of his quest to save a species and, along the way, the hopeful realization that tiger conservation is a battle that can be won.

Ultimately, the book is a roadmap showing us how to not only to save the greatest of great cats, but to bring it roaring back at numbers never before seen in our lifetimes.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword, by Geoffrey C. Ward
  7. Preface
  8. 1 A Day in the Life of a Tiger
  9. 2 The Real King of the Jungle
  10. 3 Defamed, Exiled, Undeterred
  11. 4 The Lonesome Tiger
  12. 5 A Tiger in the Flames
  13. 6 Auditing the Tiger Business
  14. 7 Making Room for Tigers
  15. 8 When Everybody Loves the Tiger
  16. 9 How the Tiger Can Regain Its Stripes
  17. Acknowledgments
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. Photo Insert