This hardcover coffee table book, the ninth in the series, is a collection of 88 stunning colour images donated by many of the world’s top wildlife photographers – including Art Wolfe, Jonathan & Angela Scott, Greg du Toit and Sergey Gorshkov – to help protect tigers in the wild. This year’s cover image was taken by Sarah Skinner.
The book aims to raise awareness of the plight facing tigers and to raise money to protect them, with all profits from book sales going to conservation.
There are only around 5,500 tigers left in the wild and they are now restricted to just 10% of their historical range. Sales from Remembering Tigers will be used to fund conservation projects in areas where they are vulnerable.
Weighing up to 260kg and measuring up to 3 metres in length, the tiger is the largest of the big cats. It is found in Asia, from India – where two-thirds of all wild tigers live – through to the Russian Far East and into China. Its habitat ranges from sub-tropical forests to snow-covered mountainous terrain. Numbers are increasing in some areas, thanks to conservation efforts, yet the tiger is the least numerous of all the large wild cats and is listed as ‘endangered’ by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Founder and producer of Remembering Wildlife Margot Raggett MBE said: “It’s an oft-quoted fact that there are more tigers in captivity in the US than there are left in the world, a stark reminder of how the future of tigers might end if conservationists do not continue their focus and their fight. Tigers are a bellwether for the health of an ecosystem. For every tiger protected in the forest, there are plants, trees, insects, birds and other mammals who thrive.”
The afterword is by Amit Sankhala, trustee of the Tiger Trust, who said: “Seeing a tiger in its natural habitat is a mesmerising encounter and I am thankful for Margot Raggett’s book which not only shows the beauty of the tiger but will also inspire the next generation of conservationists.”
More than 280 wildlife photographers have contributed to the Remembering Wildlife series since it started in 2016, working under the banner Wildlife Photographers United. It has now raised over £1.15m GBP/$1.5m USD/R26m ZAR, for 74 conservation projects in 33 countries.
About the Author |
The series of books was created by wildlife photographer Margot Raggett MBE after she saw a poached elephant in Kenya and set out to make the most beautiful book on a species ever seen. She persuaded the world’s best wildlife photographers to donate an image and Remembering Elephants came out in 2016. At the time, Margot Raggett MBE thought the book would be a one-off. But her vision created a series, with Remembering Elephants followed by Remembering Rhinos, Remembering Great Apes, Remembering Lions, Remembering Cheetahs, Remembering African Wild Dogs, Remembering Bears, Remembering Leopards – and soon-to-launch ninth book in the collection, Remembering Tigers. Margot Raggett was awarded the MBE in the King’s Birthday 2023 Honours List for services to international wildlife conservation. |
Margot Raggett was awarded the MBE in the King’s Birthday 2023 Honours List for services to international wildlife conservation.
For more information go to www.rememberingwildlife.com.
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