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Tigers forever : saving the world's most endangered big cat Cover Image Book Book

Tigers forever : saving the world's most endangered big cat / Steve Winter, Sharon Guynup ; [introductions by Michael Cline and Alan Rabinowitz].

Winter, Steve, (photographer.). Guynup, Sharon, (author.). Cline, J. Michael, (writer of added text.). Rabinowitz, Alan, 1953-2018 (writer of added text.). Schaller, George B., (writer of introduction.). National Geographic Society (U.S.), (issuing body.). Panthera (Organization), (issuing body.).

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"Tigers are in trouble, and National Geographic photographer Steve Winter is on a one-man mission to address the plight of this magnificent cat while there's still time. Together with Panthera, the world's largest nonprofit organization dedicated to saving big cats, and its Tigers Initiative, Winter reveals a decade worth of ... images and stories of tigers in their world"--Amazon.com.

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  • ISBN: 9781426212406
  • ISBN: 1426212402
  • Physical Description: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 27 x 32 cm
  • Publisher: Washington, DC : National Geographic Society ; [2013]

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Formatted Contents Note:
Foreword: Talking tiger / by J. Michael Cline -- Foreword: Saving tigers / by Alan Rabinowitz -- Introduction: A view of the tiger / by George Schaller -- Myanmar: In the valley of death -- Kaziranga: Dodging bullets -- Sumatra: With Sumatran tigers -- Thailand: Tiger science -- India: Bengal tigers -- Epilogue: Going forword / by Alan Rabinowitz.

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Tigers Forever : Saving the World's Most Endangered Big Cat
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Tigers Forever : Saving the World's Most Endangered Big Cat

STEVE WINTER is a renowned wildlife photographer who began shooting for National Geographic in 1991 and has produced stories for GEO, Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Natural History, Audubon, BusinessWeek, Scientific American , and Stern , among other publications. He has been recognized with numerous international awards, including first place inthe 2014 World Press Photo'snature story category and was honored in 2012 as BBC Wildlife Photojournalist of the Year. SHARON GUYNUP writes onscience, wildlife conservation,and environmental issues. Herwork has appeared in publicationsincluding Smithsonian, ScientificAmerican, The Huffington Post, theB oston Globe, BBC Wildlife , and Audubon . She launched the State ofthe Wild book series analyzing thestatus of the world's wildlife andwild lands, published by Island Press, in 2006.

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