Author: Arjan Singh
Publisher: HarperCollins
Year: 1999
Language: English
Pages: 257
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8172233566
Description
A touching account of the tigers that came into the author's life, this brilliant volume concludes with inspiring chapters on tiger conservation.
In July 1976, Arjan Singh collected a tiger cub from Tycross Zoo. Tara, as she was named, was brought to Tiger Haven, the author's farm in Uttar Pradesh and reared by him in the hope of returning her to the wild..
This is Tara's story. An intimate account of her life in Tiger Haven and her relationship with the authors, of the subs she bore to a wild mate and her gradual acclimatization to her natural habitat.
Contents
Introduction
Tara, A Tigress
Introduction to Tiger Haven
Cubhood to Young Adult
Monsoon Adventures
Maturing Senses
A Wild Tigress
Tiger Behavior
The Leopards
Old Crooked Foot
Tara's Male and Long Toes
A Noble Tiger
Death of a Tigress
Man-eaters
The Moment of Truth
The Fire of Thine Eyes
Suheli, the Man-eating Tigress
Splay Toes: Almost a Man-eater
The Twilight Years
Conservation Syndrome
The Big Cat Cover-up
Epilogue