Bandhavgarh National Park, India
1996
Michael K. Nichols

“Resting after a night of hunting, a tigress called Sita remains a sentinel, ready to leap at the throat of any creature that dares approach the den where her cubs lie hidden in India’s Bandhavgarh National Park. Alarming drops in world tiger populations present a quandary: how to preserve wild cats in wild lands as farms and cities eat away at habitat and poachers step up their murderous trade.”

???From “Making Room for Wild Tigers,” December 1997, National Geographic magazine

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