The Last Tiger: Struggling for Survival

by Valmik Thapar and Thapar Valmik

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195680006
• ISBN13: 9780195680003
• Release Date: January 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 274 Pages