Remembering Tigers

Remembering Lions Front Cover, image © Sarah Skinner

The hardback coffee table book 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 aim of the book is 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).

Threats include loss of habitat, illegal hunting for the Chinese medicinal trade, widespread killing of their prey for bushmeat, and retaliation for attacks on humans and livestock.

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.”

Bengal Tigers Fighting. ©Andy-Parkinson

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 book is endorsed by cricketing legend and conservation champion Kevin Pietersen MBE, who says on the back cover: “The Remembering Wildlife series goes from strength to strength, with Remembering Tigers sure to be another huge hit.”

Fairytale Forest.  © Sascha Fonseca

Pillow Paws. © Nitish Madan

©Sachin Rai

©Archna Singh

The foreword for the book is by tiger conservationist and author Valmik Thapar, who will also speak at the official book launch and whose brilliant documentary, My Tiger Family, was broadcast on the BBC in August.
He said: “I hope Remembering Tigers, with its wonderful pictures, inspires a passion in those who see it and stirs them to new heights in order that this magnificent predator continues to walk our planet.”

Chasing Sisters. ©Turgay Uzer

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.”
Speaking alongside Margot Raggett MBE at the official launch event for Remembering Tigers at the Royal Geographical Society on 9 October will be Executive Director of Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) Belinda Wright OBE; tiger conservationist and author Valmik Thapar, and wildlife photographer and guide Paul Goldstein, who has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds by running 25 marathons dressed as a tiger.

Remembering Wildlife exists to raise awareness of the plight facing wildlife, as well as funds to protect it. Famous supporters of the series include Russell Crowe, Michelle Pfeiffer, Chris Martin, Pierce Brosnan and many more.
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.
More than 50,000 copies have been sold so far.

Further information about Remembering Wildlife can be found here .

Each book costs £49.50 GBP (approximately $60 USD) and copies can be ordered at Remembering Wildlife.

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