Tiger Moon: Tracking the Great Cats in Nepal [Paperback]

Mel Sunquist (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0226779971 | ISBN-13: 978-0226779973 | Publication Date: June 1, 2002

Tiger Moon is the powerful, poetic story of the Sunquists' two years studying tigers in Nepal—traveling by elephant, avoiding a rhino attack, and learning to recognize individual tigers by roar. A new afterword tells the story of promising efforts to reconnect fractured Nepalese tiger habitats.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Royal Chitwan National Park in southern Nepal is one of the largest tiger reserves in Asia; it is also home to other endangered species, including the one-horned rhinoceros. In 1974, the Smithsonian Institution, in cooperation with the World Wildlife Fund and the Nepalese government, sent the authors to the park to study the tiger population, a two-year project that would use radio tracking for the first time. This account of their adventureshunting and immobilizing tigers, a close encounter with a rhino, the hardships of camp lifeis delightful. Stories about the elephants put the tigers in second place, however; we read of one occasion when an elephant capsized while crossing a river. (It survived.) Ten years later, the authors returned to Chitwan. They report that the tigers appear to be in good shape, but tourism has caused vast problems. This is a top-notch tale for readers interested in wildlife. Illustrations.
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From Library Journal

The Sunquists, wildlife experts, studied tigers in the Royal Chitwan National Park in Nepal for two years, primarily by tagging them and tracing their movements. This slim bookmore evocative than informativedemonstrates that little can be learned about elusive animals in a relatively short period. But the book offers a good discussion of Nepalese wildlife and the problems of preserving large, dangerous animals in a crowded countryfrequent conflicts have resulted in the deaths of tigers and villagers. The Sunquists wisely promote conservation measures suitable for animals and local peoples. Recommended for public and academic libraries unless several tiger books are owned. Beth Clewis, Duke Univ. Lib., Durham, N.C.
Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 188 pages
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press (June 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0226779971
• ISBN-13: 978-0226779973
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.7 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,454,059 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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