A naturalist describes his journey through the shrinking wild areas of India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia in search of the elusive and endangered tiger, profiling the conservators who have been fighting a losing battle to save the animal in its natural habitat.
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Ives travels through India, Nepal, and Southeast Asia in search of the rapidly disappearing tiger. Along the way, his encounters with the human friends and enemies of the tiger are reported with a remarkable attentiveness to the greatest nobility and basest selfishness of our own species. A gripping ecological journey. Highly Recommended.
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A chance encounter with a former tiger hunter in Calcutta, India, inspired the author to search for wild tigers. The project took Ives, a naturalist and tour leader, to national parks in India, Nepal, Thailand and Sumatra over four years (1986-1990). He gives a vivid, gripping account of his travels and the people he met, and his report on tigers is disturbing. Ives learned that official estimates of tiger populations have been grossly inflated and that poaching for the lucrative Chinese market continues. In light of human population pressures and deforestation, the future appears bleak for the wild tiger. Ives believes the only way to preserve Asia's natural heritage is through international parks supported by the wealthier nations.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
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Find this book wherever you can and read it.,
By Bo King (Montgomery, AL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Of Tigers and Men: Entering the Age of Extinction (Paperback)
This book currently is out of print, which is troubling. First of all, its disapperance bodes ill for tiger, who certainly could have no more eloquent defender than Richard Ives. This is a book that, if read, could inspire people to work for the preservation of tiger. But while it is impossible to overestimate the book's value as a call to arms, it also is the story of a man who has chosen an improbable and difficult life and pursued it with admirable commitment. The book has been an inspiration for me since I found it in a shop in Paris on my way home from a two-and-a-half stint in the Peace Corps. If Richard Ives proves to be a Cassandra, his wise words on tiger and men ignored by everyone, then we are much the worse for it.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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Its tigers vs. men and the tigers are losing!,
This review is from: Of Tigers and Men (Hardcover)
THis book traces the author's obsession with seeing a tiger in the wild, up close and personal. In the process, he visits some of the last vestiges of tiger territory in countries such as India, Sumatra, and Indonesia. The animal is being hunted and hounded to extinction to the point that 4 of the original 8 species are gone and there are only about 1000 tigers left in the wild, if current estimates are to be believed. He documents the losing fight that several individuals are fighting to save the animal, and he encounters some bizarre characters along the way that add toi the entertaining nature of the book. The book is especially critical of the Japenese, who are the world formost destroyers of the worlds natural resources. Unless drastic steps are taken, the tiger will be extinct in the wild in 25 years or survive only as a pathetic remnant. The author carefully balances the the concerns of those who want the animal to survive with those who see it as a menace that kills and destroys as its habitat is rapidly being reduced. A quick, engrossing, if a bit overly romantic of a read. If you care about extiction, or just want to stare a wild tiger in the eye, without winding up as its next meal, then you will enjoy this book!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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This review is from: Of Tigers and Men: Entering the Age of Extinction (Paperback)
The profoundly moving experience of reading this book was one of a sustained and deeply personal conversation with a splendid human being who draws you ever more deeply into the tragic reality of the tiger's fate today. Written by a gifted naturalist in a strong and vividly expressive prose, it is no less than a powerful cri de coeur forewarning us of the exhaustion of natural habitat and the extinction of a magnificent animal in the few decades to come. I warmly, indeed urgently, recommend this book to everyone.
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