A new six-part documentary series on the tigers of India will soon be broadcasting on PBS’ program, ‘Nature.’ Laura Knoy spoke with filmmaker Valmick Thapar who is one of the world’s leading authorities on tigers. He gained most of his knowledge first-hand, spending twenty years among these increasingly endangered striped felines.
Scientists gave wild tigers a terminal diagnosis in the early 90s, saying they could fend off extinction until 2000. Host Steve Curwood talks with conservation biologist John Siedensticker of the National Zoo and the Save the Tiger Fund about how they’ve helped tigers beat the extinction odds so far.