Charger: The Long Living Tiger

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Charger, the dominant male tiger of the tourism zone of Bandhavgarh Tiger reserve was the center of attraction for all visitors for more than a decade. During his last days he was driven out of the park boundary by young tigers. The book ‘Charger: The Long Living Tiger’ not only gives a brief life history of Charger, but describes in detail the rescue operation to save Charger and transport him to a safe enclosure. All along the description, the book also touches various aspects of wildlife and ecosystem management. Written in a lucid style the book makes an interesting reading and raises certain conceptual issues regarding the conservation of natural habitats.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shahbaz Ahmad

Shahbaz Ahmad is a member of the Indian forest Service of 1981 batch and belongs to Madhya Pradesh cards. He did his graduation from the University of Allahabad (U.P) in 1978 and later his P.G. Diploma in Ecology and Environment from the Indian Institute of Ecology and Environment, New Delhi. He has held important postings both at the field and headquarters. As Principal, forest Rangers College, Balaghat in 1997 he visited U.K for nine month to attend courses related to natural resource management. During the European tour, he studied the forestry and ecosystem management in a number of articles and papers to his credit which have been published in various national and international journals and publications. He is also the author of two books on homoeopathy i.e. Unique Symptoms' and' A Short Reportory to Indian Drugs'. Shabaz Ahmad is an advocate of the ecosystem approach to wildlife management approach to wildlife management as against the commercial approaches, and believes in need based, role oriented gandhian approach to eco-development rather than the prevalent stake based approach. He was the Field Director of Pench Tiger Reserve before being posted as the Field Director, Bandhavgarth Tiger Reserves where he supervised the rescue operations of tiger charger and penned down his observations. At present he is posted as Conservator of Forest (joint Forest Management) in the office of the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, MP, Bhopal.

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Title
Charger: The Long Living Tiger
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
ISBN
8177380003
Length
132p., Figures; References; Index; 22cm.
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#Tiger