About the Book: Tiger Memories
As a teenager, Ullas Karanth explored the rich jungles of Malenad in Karnataka,
driven by his innate passion for nature. Shocked by how people around him were
slaughtering wildlife and his deep interest in tigers, he made their scientific
study his lifes mission. After two decades of tireless effort and being inspired
and mentored by American biologists, Karanth became a professional wildlife
biologist.
Karanth pioneered the application of radiotelemetry and camera trap surveys to
study big cats, line transects to count herbivores and advanced statistical
models to accurately track wildlife populations. Simultaneously, he confronted
real problems of wildlife and habitat protection by collaborating with
colleagues,