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Get-go your review of Life in the Valley of Decease: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Country of Guns, Gold, and Greed

As a person who is Myanmar, Life in the Valley of Decease speaks to me in numerous layers. In addition to my nationality, I was fortunate plenty to read it while I was in Kachin state, 80 miles away from the Hukawng Valley – where the Tiger Reserve is. However, to analyze the book, the different components of information technology will demand to be broken down. And when it is dissected into components, two distant elements of this book rise up every bit the most intriguing: i is the give-and-take on how the military governmen As a person who is Myanmar, Life in the Valley of Death speaks to me in numerous layers. In addition to my nationality, I was fortunate enough to read it while I was in Kachin state, 80 miles away from the Hukawng Valley – where the Tiger Reserve is. However, to clarify the book, the different components of it will need to be broken down. And when it is dissected into components, two afar elements of this book ascent upwardly as the most intriguing: one is the give-and-take on how the military government functions, and the other is the writer's audacity to be mildly overconfident (which can be argued as egotistical).

To explore the first part, it is straightforward. Because nether the international media during the 1960s until recently, the military dictatorship in Myanmar is the major thing that has been highlighted.

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Apr 13, 2008 Sam rated it liked it

Google Alan Rabinowitz. Fire upward your Firefox and blazon in his proper noun. You'll be impressed—I don't care who yous are. Item: a twenty-six twelvemonth old Alan Rabinowitz kneeling over an unconscious jaguar. He is in Belize, establishing the showtime jaguar preserve in the world. Item: a forty-three year erstwhile Alan Rabinowitz sitting around a campfire with two of the twelve Taron pygmies nonetheless alive in 1997. Particular: Alan Rabinowitz at fifty-one peering straight into the National Geographic photographer's camera—griz Google Alan Rabinowitz. Fire up your Firefox and type in his name. You'll exist impressed—I don't care who yous are. Particular: a twenty-6 year old Alan Rabinowitz kneeling over an unconscious jaguar. He is in Belize, establishing the first jaguar preserve in the world. Detail: a forty-three year old Alan Rabinowitz sitting around a campfire with two of the twelve Taron pygmies still alive in 1997. Item: Alan Rabinowitz at l-one peering straight into the National Geographic photographer's camera—grizzled, stone-faced, flinty-eyed, a gleaming machete in his hand. He is in Myanmar, and has established the largest tiger preserve in the world.

Impressed nevertheless? Of course you are, unless you lot're some strange mixture of Allan Quartermain and St. Francis and Jane Goodall. In which case, you lot should write a book. That book might be something like Life in the Valley of Death. This is the story of the establishment of the Hukawng Valley Tiger Preserve (the aforementioned largest tiger preserve in the world), and of coming to terms with being diagnosed with incurable leukemia. It is a remarkable story, and it is told in a vocalization that is at once unassuming and brainy, pointed and compassionate.

I'm non saying that the book is perfect. The prose is generally well-crafted but spare, most dry out. There are a few sentences that are out-and-out clumsy. For instance: "I wander from group to group, staying in the shadows, understanding nothing of what is being said, but watching in amazement at the dynamics taking identify." Luckily, sentences like this are few and far in between.

Bad dialogue is a more serious problem. The bespeak of having dialogue in a memoir is to give the reader the impression that they are present at a particular moment of fourth dimension—that the events being described are taking place before their eyes. The more bright the dialogue, the more vivid the effect. The dialogue in Life in the Valley of Decease, unfortunately, frequently sounds a bit artificial. Near the end of the book, for example, Dr. Rabinowitz is attention a meeting between representatives of, variously, the U.Due north. Development Programme, the regime of Myanmar, Kachin Independence Organization leaders, local NGOs, local communities, and Naga insurgents. This is in many ways the climax of the volume, and probably the well-nigh pivotal moment in the establishment of the tiger preserve. Nothing takes you out of the moment quite like a conversation that goes like this:

"It's over," Than Myint says, clearly relieved when the meeting draws to a close. "It went really well," I respond. " We accept some real consensus for moving forwards."

Come on. Who really talks like that?

But for every run-on sentence and unfortunately flat exchange, there are dozens of keenly observed, evocative details and movingly honest moments. Newly diagnosed with leukemia, Dr. Rabinowitz visits the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre to run into with a specialist: "I park five blocks away […:] I linger at a Dunkin Donuts sipping java, not wanting to get closer, not wanting people to call up that I am one of 'them,' another damaged, broken person not every bit good as everyone else." An admission like that takes boggling courage. Later on, the family dog also develops leukemia, and somewhen has to be euthanized. The spareness of the prose works well hither—the parallel between the writer and the animal is articulate but not overstated or manipulative, and the result is quietly devastating.

This sort of resonance runs throughout the book, moving from the personal to the global, and indeed is its main theme. Early in the book, Dr. Rabinowitz stalks a tiger, merely to realize that the tiger has circled around and is now stalking him. Later, he relates the Naga belief in were-tigers: that in that location is an essential affinity between some tigers and men, and so that if the tiger is killed or wounded, the man dies as well. The tiger preserve he establishes encompasses man habitations as well as wilderness. In order to make it work, he has to organize the shipment of medicine and school supplies to impoverished local communities. In effect, he has to conserve local communities too as tigers. This is a model that, he told me over the telephone, he believes should absolutely serve as the future paradigm for global conservation. The tiger is an noon predator, and in order to save them, we need to preserve whole big wild systems. And that cannot be done, Dr. Rabinowitz says, without homo dominated landscapes that too work as multi purpose conservation areas.

The author grew up a severe stutterer. "Every bit a child," he tells me, "I felt like I couldn't talk to people, simply to animals. So I'd come home from schoolhouse and talk to my little New York animals. A turtle, a garter ophidian. I could run across that they had thoughts and feelings—they just couldn't talk. Only similar me. And then I wanted to exist a vox for animals." In Life in the Valley of Death he speaks for animals—and himself—passionately, and extraordinarily well.

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Sep xvi, 2012 Amanda rated it it was astonishing

I been wanting to read this book every since I watched Dr. Rabinowitz on The Colbert Written report. His story he told Stephen nigh being put in "special needs" classes and not beingness able to talk around people because of his stutter. Brought back memories for me. When I was a child in schoolhouse. I also, was put in "special needs" classes. My fourth class teacher, seen that I was having a hard time keeping upwards with the other students in her class. She was able to, help me by putting me in these classes. I rea I been wanting to read this book every since I watched Dr. Rabinowitz on The Colbert Report. His story he told Stephen near existence put in "special needs" classes and not being able to talk effectually people because of his stutter. Brought back memories for me. When I was a kid in school. I also, was put in "special needs" classes. My fourth grade teacher, seen that I was having a hard fourth dimension keeping up with the other students in her grade. She was able to, help me by putting me in these classes. I really recall, thanks to this wonderful woman, if she hadn't cared enough for me, I would had eventually dropped out of school. I also, was and even so am, a severely shy person. It takes a lot for me to talk to people. But like Dr.Rabinowitz, I've e'er been able to in some fashion, talk and understand animals. I've e'er had an animal in my life and they have always been my friends.

This is a smashing book. Dr. Rabinowitz passion for these cats is amazing. His personal story in the book is and so heart breaking. And thanks to his wonderful wife and friends. He is able to proceed on with this not bad unimaginable dream that at get-go, wasn't something Dr. Rabinowitz thinks tin happen. But with his passion and forcefulness, he fights for this dream to get a reality.

I am looking forward to reading more than of Dr. Rabinowitz' books in the near future.

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May 30, 2016 Lisasue rated it it was ok

Gosh, everyone loves this book, simply I'one thousand merely not 1 of them. Of course, Mr. Rabinowitz is conspicuously someone that has accomplished amazing things against incredible odds. I mean, who doesn't want to save tigers from senseless destruction?

But the affair almost it is, the author came across every bit a cocky-important, pompous, egotistical, cocky-aggrandizing jerk for most of the volume. Perchance that's what it takes to attain what he has, simply I don't want to expose myself to this type of personality if I can h

Gosh, anybody loves this book, merely I'm simply not ane of them. Of course, Mr. Rabinowitz is clearly someone that has achieved astonishing things against incredible odds. I mean, who doesn't want to salvage tigers from senseless destruction?

But the affair well-nigh it is, the writer came across every bit a self-of import, pompous, egotistical, self-aggrandizing wiggle for most of the book. Maybe that'south what it takes to reach what he has, just I don't want to expose myself to this type of personality if I tin can help it. I should have given upward on the book instead of struggling through to the end.

As a last note, I think that I threw up in my mouth a lilliputian scrap when the author describes his late mother as a "simple housewife." That'south all you take to say? Really?

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I've been an animal lover all my life, and I've long hated how humanity has driven then many species to extinction and near-extinction over the years. But I besides recognize that the fight to save these incredible creatures is much harder than information technology looks, and often involves a delicate game of politics, research, and cooperation between parties that near never actually want to cooperate. This is perfectly exemplified by Alan Rabinowitz's account of his mission to salve the tigers of Myanmar, and how h I've been an animal lover all my life, and I've long hated how humanity has driven and so many species to extinction and near-extinction over the years. Only I also recognize that the fight to save these incredible creatures is much harder than it looks, and often involves a delicate game of politics, research, and cooperation between parties that almost never actually want to cooperate. This is perfectly exemplified past Alan Rabinowitz's account of his mission to relieve the tigers of Myanmar, and how he balances his struggle to salvage these magnificent creatures with a far more than personal struggle.

Myanmar is a country of political turmoil and a troubled history... and home to its own tiger population. Naturalist Alan Rabinowitz has committed himself to saving these creatures, and works hard with local government officials to discover how many tigers are left in the country and how best to relieve them. But Myanmar is facing tremendous upheaval, with the authorities shaky at best and facing brutal coups at worst, and the discovery of gilt in the country results in a rush to strip the landscape blank of this precious metal at the expense of the tigers and other animals that live there. And equally Alan strives to establish a protected area for the tigers, he also faces a cancer diagnosis that forces him to come to terms with his own health and mortality.

The writing in this book is serviceable, if a bit dry and repetitive in places. Alan goes into dandy depth regarding the often-disregarded land of Myanmar and its troubled history, and manages to tie his own by and personal life into the story without making this book entirely self-indulgent. There are a few places where it feels similar he uses the wrong word to get his indicate beyond, and some odd typos here and in that location, but perhaps a subsequently edition can correct these goofs.

Alan manages to requite us a compelling account of the tigers of Myanmar and the efforts to save them without vilifying the humans who are trying to survive alongside these creatures. Also ofttimes in a conservation-minded book like this humans are vilified as being greedy or sheer evil, merely Alan makes it clear that about of the people who are exploiting the tiger's habitat are but trying to survive too, and that decisions need to be made that will do good both parties instead of just serving one over the other. He shows that at that place are never easy, clear-cut answers when information technology comes to conservation efforts, and that these issues are more complex than people want to believe.

This book is rather bloodshot to read, specially the sections dealing with Rabinowitz's cancer -- he passed away in 2018 from the very cancer he'due south diagnosed with in this book. Just it's a fascinating look at a land and its large cats, and the struggle to salve them.

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This is a hell of a way to brand/market a book that is 2/3rds nigh navigating Burmese bureaucracy, and 1/third a memoir of some really rotten stuff that happens to the author. I become that there'southward a point to be made that conversation is really well-nigh conversations happening in closed rooms between powerful people, but...it's just no tigers in this book about tigers, man.

The writing is mostly fine - I concur with the reviewers who have noted the bizarre mode that Rabinowitz handles dialogue that seems

This is a hell of a style to brand/market a book that is ii/3rds about navigating Burmese bureaucracy, and 1/tertiary a memoir of some actually rotten stuff that happens to the author. I get that there's a point to be fabricated that conversation is really well-nigh conversations happening in closed rooms between powerful people, just...information technology'south just no tigers in this volume about tigers, human.

The writing is mostly fine - I agree with the reviewers who take noted the bizarre manner that Rabinowitz handles dialogue that seems at best "simplified" from real conversations - and there are genuinely touching moments. But overall, this book feels uncommitted to whatsoever of the potential things information technology could be. I came away agreement a fleck better the complicated politics of pushing forrard conservation, and hearing the author's rebuttal to those who say that working with repressive regimes on conservation enables and legitimizes them. I learned about how some hard personal stuff he worked through. I occasionally got a glimpse of field work in Myanmar, and some mostly sympathetic portrayals of different indigenous people. Only the book veers in like five directions, never commits to i, and feels less whole for having done and then.

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Aug 23, 2019 Jove rated it liked information technology

A quick reading adventure novel almost a big cat conservationist's effort to establish the earth's largest tiger reserve. It has as much to do with the changing Burmese political mural and off the beaten track adventuring as it does with conservation. I go the sense that the author's underlying medical problems kept him from finalizing his work in the reserve, and the book seemed to taper off inconclusively. None the less, an exciting quick read that makes me want to travel back in fourth dimension to v A quick reading adventure novel almost a big cat conservationist's effort to establish the world'south largest tiger reserve. It has equally much to do with the changing Burmese political landscape and off the beaten track adventuring every bit it does with conservation. I go the sense that the writer's underlying medical problems kept him from finalizing his piece of work in the reserve, and the volume seemed to taper off inconclusively. None the less, an heady quick read that makes me want to travel back in time to visit SE Asia during a time when the presence of man was less of an influence. ...more

Aug 02, 2020 Jon rated it actually liked it

This is the story of how author and wildlife scientist Alan Rabinowitz worked with the authorities and peoples of Myanmar to establish the world's largest tiger reserve. He details the inner workings of the diverse authorities agencies, the various insurgent groups in the country, and his own family as he worked to fix the reserve.

This was an interesting read, and an upwards-close-and-personal wait at what being a wild fauna abet in a foreign land actually involves. I besides learned quite a bit

This is the story of how writer and wildlife scientist Alan Rabinowitz worked with the government and peoples of Myanmar to establish the globe'south largest tiger reserve. He details the inner workings of the various government agencies, the various insurgent groups in the country, and his own family as he worked to set up the reserve.

This was an interesting read, and an up-close-and-personal look at what being a wildlife advocate in a strange country really involves. I also learned quite a bit about conservation efforts in poor areas--especially how they must piece of work with the people there to find solutions that benefit them and the wild fauna in the area.

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Very informative.

I liked Mr Alan perseverance. His oh of tigers and wild fauna is inspiring. If you similar animals & people you volition like this book. Well documented.

Nov 28, 2016 Dee Arr rated information technology information technology was amazing

Alan Rabinowitz has successfully helped to establish wildlife preserves in foreign countries, and when asked to expand the wildlife sanctuary in Myanmar, he readily agrees. Nothing could have prepared him for the changes that were to take place in that country over the next twelvemonth, and how those changes would touch on the vision he had for saving the tigers from extinction in that area of the world. This book details that struggle, describing his efforts to convince the Myanmar authorities likewise as Alan Rabinowitz has successfully helped to plant wildlife preserves in strange countries, and when asked to expand the wild animals sanctuary in Myanmar, he readily agrees. Nada could have prepared him for the changes that were to take place in that country over the adjacent year, and how those changes would affect the vision he had for saving the tigers from extinction in that area of the world. This book details that struggle, describing his efforts to convince the Myanmar government also equally the people living in the Hukawng Valley to hold to work together to create the Hukawng Valley Tiger Reserve.

Mr. Rabinowitz has his ain style of writing: while he doesn't present his story in original, colorful images, his paragraphs are very rich in detail and provide the reader with a thorough picture. His descriptions are usually straight to the betoken. Sometimes they are delivered with a chip of humor: "…since several of our elephant handlers, called mahouts, are fond to opium, an early forenoon start is not function of their repertoire." Other times, you can easily see what is in his heart. For example, he states that the life expectancy of an elephant is "…shortened considerably when 'white gold' protrudes from your head."

This is an splendid book, revealing one man's passion for effecting positive alter and the difficulties he encountered during his multi-yr mission.

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October 03, 2014 Sandra rated it really liked it

I love this book for its storytelling, history telling and openness about working in difficult situations. I too appreciate it for what I learn well-nigh humanity. Information technology is interesting to me that I hear many people wanting to carelessness Myanmar because of its ongoing history of human rights abuses. Yet, in choosing to stay out and united nations-involved, nosotros live into ane of my favorite quotes from this volume: "....If nosotros are not successful, the extinction of the tiger will be a gross admission of failure, an admissio I dear this book for its storytelling, history telling and openness about working in difficult situations. I as well appreciate it for what I larn about humanity. It is interesting to me that I hear many people wanting to abandon Myanmar considering of its ongoing history of human rights abuses. Yet, in choosing to stay out and united nations-involved, we live into one of my favorite quotes from this book: "....If we are not successful, the extinction of the tiger will be a gross admission of failure, an admission that humankind has niggling desire to live with or tolerate nature's other avant-garde life forms that crave agreement and compromise from us." I would accept the idea further and say, if we stay away from places of gross injustice and failed Human Rights concerns, then that is an admission that humankind has little desire to alive with itself. We all have 2 sides and we all need a lot of work and redemption. I am inspired by Rabinowitz to proceed to examine my role in this world, and to remain committed to peace and justice against all odds. Thank you, Rabinowitz, for your role in saving not merely the tiger and other big cats, simply all of u.s.. ...more

Mar 02, 2009 Melissa rated it information technology was amazing

Another excellent book by the same writer equally "Jaguar", but this is a afterward book, subsequently his intial work in the central Americas was completed. While immersed in a story virtually conservation of the world's largest true cat, and the struggles to plant territory for them while defending these areas confronting illegal hunting and habitat destruction, the author encounters a personal health trainwreck that threatens to remove him from Asia and his fieldwork there. An fantabulous nonfiction book that teaches y Another excellent book by the same author as "Jaguar", but this is a later book, after his intial work in the central Americas was completed. While immersed in a story near conservation of the world'south largest cat, and the struggles to constitute territory for them while defending these areas against illegal hunting and habitat destruction, the author encounters a personal wellness trainwreck that threatens to remove him from Asia and his fieldwork at that place. An excellent nonfiction book that teaches you about the lives of these amazing animals, and struggles of conservation in a tertiary world country, but too a story of dream, struggle, and eventual victory over incredible personal challenges likewise. This guy has my vote for the best nonfiction conservation books I've ever read, and inspires me to desire to assist relieve these animals. ...more

Apr 19, 2008 Pat rated information technology really liked information technology

Recommends it for: anyone

This book is nigh the fight to relieve a valley in Myanmar (Burma) every bit a sanctuary for tigers that was ultimately at to the lowest degree partially successful though it took a great deal of effort to go there. Information technology was interesting that equally I started the book, I found myself thinking of whether the work that the author did in Myanmar should take been done. Myanmar is such an ugly country, but then information technology seemed to me that the tigers should not accept been held hostage to a miserable dictatorship. And it too takes some th This volume is about the fight to save a valley in Myanmar (Burma) every bit a sanctuary for tigers that was ultimately at least partially successful though it took a great deal of try to get there. Information technology was interesting that as I started the book, I plant myself thinking of whether the work that the writer did in Myanmar should accept been done. Myanmar is such an ugly state, but then it seemed to me that the tigers should not have been held hostage to a miserable dictatorship. And it also takes some thinking as we go further forth as to whether our Western diplomats should be dealing with such governments in the way that we exercise. Perahps other approaches may also exist possible. ...more

Sep 09, 2011 Reilly rated it really liked information technology

Rabinowitz makes the thought of the impossible seem possible. This is an amazing can-practise story. I tin't assistance but exist excited almost conservation later reading this passionate account of the magnanimous conservation effort to not simply save the tiger from extinction (the original purpose), but too to salvage the other species in a relatively pristine ecological system. Conservation is not merely about the animals. It is almost the people, as well. I am all for sustainability and the method of conservation Rabino Rabinowitz makes the idea of the impossible seem possible. This is an astonishing tin-do story. I tin't assistance but exist excited nearly conservation after reading this passionate account of the magnanimous conservation effort to not merely save the tiger from extinction (the original purpose), but also to save the other species in a relatively pristine ecological organization. Conservation is not just about the animals. It is almost the people, too. I am all for sustainability and the method of conservation Rabinowitz proposes (and really executes) is actually novel.

This book is not edge-of-your-seat reading, only it is interesting and motivating.

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January 28, 2008 SomeForTheRoad.com rated it it was amazing

Recommends information technology for: fauna lovers,

My impression of the WCS (Wild fauna Conservation Order) has simply been the people who run the Bronx and Central Park Zoo and the NY Aquarium--all places we proceed a monthly basis, if non more oft.

The volume opened my optics to the more far-reaching conservation efforts of the organization and especially its founder. Particularly impressive is his power to be simultaneously detached and emotional.

Loved this book!

Oct 03, 2014 Mary Baker rated it did not similar it

I can't observe a way to contact the author, so hopefully a bad review will get his attention. I recently purchased this volume on Amazon and it is so messed up! It starts on location 24, turn page and you are at location 37, turn folio and you are at location 49, turn page and y'all are at location 64, 73, 88, 92,etc. I have re-downloaded information technology to my Kindle for Win eight, just information technology made no departure. I was really looking forward to reading this book! assistance! Thanks, Mary Baker I can't find a way to contact the author, so hopefully a bad review will get his attention. I recently purchased this book on Amazon and it is so messed up! It starts on location 24, turn page and y'all are at location 37, turn page and you are at location 49, turn page and yous are at location 64, 73, 88, 92,etc. I have re-downloaded information technology to my Kindle for Win 8, simply it made no difference. I was actually looking frontward to reading this volume! help! Thanks, Mary Baker ...more

Jun 12, 2008 Andrea rated it really liked it

Recommended to Andrea past: colbert or stewart

What an interesting story, and and then well told! I liked the way the author wove in his personal story with that of the valley and the tigers. And the pictures were gorgeous - mode better than those that typically accompany such books. I did find myself getting a tad confused with all the Burmese names, merely other than that, I actually liked this book.

Nov twenty, 2009 Nikki rated it really liked it

Recommends it for: Environmentalists, Conservationists, Truthful creature lovers (especially tigers)

A slap-up volume written about the accounts of Rabinowtiz's goal of protecting tigers in Myanmar. I walked away from this volume with extreme respect for Rabinowitz and grateful to him for trying to protect the world's imperial cats. Too few people intendance as deeply for non-human animals every bit Alan Rabinowitz does day in and day out. Thank you for all yous do Alan. A bully book written near the accounts of Rabinowtiz's goal of protecting tigers in Myanmar. I walked away from this volume with farthermost respect for Rabinowitz and grateful to him for trying to protect the world's majestic cats. Too few people intendance as securely for not-human animals every bit Alan Rabinowitz does mean solar day in and day out. Thank you for all you exercise Alan. ...more

Oct 17, 2014 Joann rated information technology liked it

The writer is a remarkable person who was intent on making a sanctuary for the remaining tigers in Myanmar. In more ways than one, Life in the Valley of Expiry is as well the story of Myanmar itself. It's astonishing how he got the rulers to finally agree with him near the sanctuary. People like him, might actually salvage these wonderful creatures. The author is a remarkable person who was intent on making a sanctuary for the remaining tigers in Myanmar. In more ways than one, Life in the Valley of Death is too the story of Myanmar itself. It's astonishing how he got the rulers to finally concur with him about the sanctuary. People similar him, might actually save these wonderful creatures. ...more

Not exactly what I expected; parts of the book seemed written to clear up misunderstandings with specific people or political disagreements, and the volume in general was oftentimes more biographical than focused on the Hukawng Valley. That being said, the writer's achievement is sufficient that I can easily overlook a few annoyances in favor of the grander pic. Not exactly what I expected; parts of the book seemed written to articulate up misunderstandings with specific people or political disagreements, and the book in general was often more biographical than focused on the Hukawng Valley. That being said, the author's accomplishment is sufficient that I can easily overlook a few annoyances in favor of the grander picture. ...more

Very similar to Beyond the Last Hamlet, which I really enjoyed more than considering he interacted with more of the local people. Less about tigers, and more about the process of establishing a protected surface area. Overall, a good read. I am inspired past Rabinowitz's passion and dedication to wildlife conservation. Very similar to Beyond the Last Village, which I actually enjoyed more because he interacted with more of the local people. Less near tigers, and more about the process of establishing a protected expanse. Overall, a good read. I am inspired by Rabinowitz's passion and dedication to wildlife conservation. ...more

Nov 20, 2015 Wendy Tegtman rated it actually liked it

What an impressive person to devote most of his life to wildlife conservation in areas that are remote and with governments that are not as agreement of the importance of this need for our wild animals all while dealing with a serious illness. I definitely respect people who have a passion for this type of work.

Mar 27, 2013 Jan rated it liked it

I adore the writer and his work. I was very interested in this book at first, and in the clarification of Burma, the people,, and the pkight of the tigers. By the time I was halfway through, I had had enough of the descriptions od dealing with beaurocracy, and so skipped to the terminal chapter.

A conservationists fight for the protection of the Burmese Tigers.

The Story of the struggles of a small group who fought to save and protect the dwindling number of Tigers of Burma.

Good read

Although I take never coordinated nor managed a project such every bit the valley, trying to coordinate with all the entities, governmental, communities, etc. I really enjoyed learning of the difficulties and of the ultimate success working to relieve the tiger.

November 22, 2008 Annie rated it it was astonishing

this author fabricated Stephen Colbert cry so I had to read it; he's very honest almost what he takes personally from the conservation projects and explores the complex politics of his office in dandy detail this author made Stephen Colbert cry so I had to read it; he's very honest well-nigh what he takes personally from the conservation projects and explores the complex politics of his role in great detail ...more

Nov 12, 2013 Ted rated it information technology was astonishing

Love all of Dr. Rabinowitz's books. They are very descriptive and very entertaining. Love all of Dr. Rabinowitz'southward books. They are very descriptive and very entertaining. ...more

May 17, 2014 Rb rated information technology really liked it

Fascinating and an inspiring read for those involved in wildlife conservation. Dr Rabinowitz indeed thinks very clearly and has a vision that complements a braveheart.

Oct 08, 2014 Donna rated it it was amazing

Interesting story virtually what it takes to conserve wildlife in a changing political environment.

Nov 01, 2014 Shenek rated it liked it

Interesting. I looked up more most him and his career on Google. A meliorate empowerer than an author.

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Alan Robert Rabinowitz was an American zoologist, conservationist, field biologist and the CEO of Panthera, a nonprofit conservation organization devoted to protecting the world's 37 wild true cat species. Chosen the "Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection" past Time, Rabinowitz has studied jaguars, clouded leopards, Asiatic leopards, tigers, Sumatran rhinos, bears, leopard cats, raccoons, and civets. Toda Alan Robert Rabinowitz was an American zoologist, conservationist, field biologist and the CEO of Panthera, a nonprofit conservation organization devoted to protecting the world'due south 37 wild cat species. Called the "Indiana Jones of Wildlife Protection" by Time, Rabinowitz has studied jaguars, clouded leopards, Asiatic leopards, tigers, Sumatran rhinos, bears, leopard cats, raccoons, and civets. Today, Rabinowitz's work focused on conserving the world'due south largest, most imperiled cats—tigers, lions, jaguars, and snow leopards—and their habitats. ...more

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