TIPU SULTAN OF THE SIWALIKS A WILDLIFE ADVENTURE

<p>Description</p><p>Sometime in the mid-1990s Amirtharaj Christy Williams an Asian elephant</p><p>specialist went to Rajaji National Park in Uttarakhand as a greenhorn</p><p>research fellow. His task was to radio-collar and track several elephants in</p><p>the Siwalik hills. As he went about his work he formed close associations</p><p>with several of these amazing pachyderms: Mallika the matriarch who held</p><p>her herd together; Kiruba a new mother; Shahrukh the young shy male;</p><p>and Tipu the Sultan of the Siwaliks the tallest elephant ever recorded in the</p><p>national park and the gentlest of giants.</p><p>In this memoir Christy recalls the heady years of hope and desperation as his</p><p>team struggled against encroachment and human-animal conflict to create</p><p>space for the elephant herds. Between deaths and new births from cropraiding</p><p>elephants to kitchen-raiding ones there emerges a story of the largeheartedness</p><p>of elephants their quirks their lives and their struggles. Warm</p><p>funny immensely readable and often bringing to mind great nature writers</p><p>such as Gerald Durrell this passionate personal account will inspire readers</p><p>of all ages to appreciate and understand wildlife and its immense beauty.</p><p><br></p>