Valmik Thapar, Tenacious Tiger Conservationist in India, Is Dead
He started studying tigers at a reserve in 1976 and became a leading activist in efforts to save the tiger from poaching and shrinking habitats.
Valmik Thapar in 1994. He believed that tigers deserved nothing less than “inviolate protected areas” in which to live without human encroachment.
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