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On the trail of tigers and snow leopards
Island Press
March 2013
On Sale: February 26, 2013
Featuring: Eric Dinerstein
57 pages ISBN: 1610914791 EAN: 9781610914796 Kindle: B00BERRQGE e-Book
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With their elusive and solitary nature, tigers and snow
leopards are a challenge for even the most seasoned field
biologists to track and study. Yet scientist and
conservation leader Eric Dinerstein began his career in
the
heart of Nepal’s tiger country and the perilous Himalayan
slopes of the snow leopard, where he discovered the joys—
and
frustrations—of studying wildlife in some of the most
unpredictable and remote places on Earth. In Discovering Big Cat Country, Dinerstein tells the story
of two formative journeys from his early days as a
biologist: two and a half years as a young Peace Corps
Volunteer in the jungles of Nepal and later, as a
newly-minted Ph.D., an arduous trek to search for snow
leopards in the Kashmir region of India. In these
chapters,
excerpted from Tigerland and other Unintended
Destinations,
Dinerstein paints an evocative picture of the homelands
and
habits of two fascinating predators, and recalls local
partners and fellow conservationists who inspired him with
their passion for wild places.
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