Hemanta Mishra began his field career in 1967 with the Nepalese government and has worked with the Smithsonian Institution, the World Wildlife Fund, the World Bank, Asian Development Bank and other major conservation groups. He has made extensive scientific studies of large Asian wild animals. He was a key player in the international team that preserved and stabilized the habitat and is credited with halting the extinction of the rhino and tiger populations in Nepal. He lives in Vienna, Virginia.
""Bones of the Tiger" embraces research and adventure, conservation
and politics, legend and history. Hemanta Mishra writes vividly of
his experiences as a field biologist with the Nepalese government,
describing close up encounters with man-killing tigers, cultural
rituals to propitiate forest deities, the heartache of "punishing"
a tiger by shutting it up in a concrete enclosure in a zoo, and
much more. For anyone concerned about the plight of the tiger, the
most magnificent of the big cats, this book is a must." --Dr. Jane
Goodall, DBE, founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN
Messenger of Peace""Bones of the Tiger "could have only been
written by an Asian who has 'been there and done it' before. Well
written, absorbing, and spiced with bittersweet moments, it is a
must-read for all Americans who are committed to help save the
tiger in the wild." --John Seidensticker, Ph.D., Chairman of the
Save the Tiger Fund, and Senior Scientist and Head of the
Conservation Ecology Center at Smithsonian's National Zoological
Park"This work is a treasurehouse of tiger lore. Intertwined with
gripping stories of man-eating tiger hunts are panoramic portraits
of the tiger's natural history, contemporary status, and place in
culture, mythology and folklore. Having detailed the many threats
to the tiger's survival -- and the multiple, ineffective strategies
to save it -- the book's sobering conclusions make it important
reading for environmentalists, development specialists, and
everyone concerned with the King of the Jungle." --Phillip Trimble,
former U.S. Ambassador to Nepal and Professor of Law Emeritus, UCLA
School of Law "A captivating first-hand account of efforts to save
the most magnificent of predators . . . a tale of tigers, royalty,
science and intrigue and above all hope. . . . Very hard to put
down." --Thomas E. Lovejoy, Biodiversity Chair, the Heinz
Center
"A good adventure combines the exotic with the unpredictable -- and
that was certainly so in our encounter
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