Title
East of Siberia, Tigers and the Art of Persuasion: A Scottish veterinarian recounts an uncomfortably close encounter with a very big cat
Author(s)
Slaght, Jonathan C.
Published
2016
Abstract
The temperate rainforests of Primorye become dense and green in summer, a vastness lost on those within it. Visibility can drop to almost zero along shrub-crowded game trails, where dew-drenched grasses cling like needy toddlers and spider webs tangle in the unshaven faces of those pushing through. Animals, resting nearby in the daytime heat, crash away unseen, and a discordant symphony of birdsong pulses from the canopy. Everything is immediate and aromatic; a box packed tight with vegetation, dirt, sweat, and humidity.
Not the kind of box you want to be in with a tiger.
This, however, is exactly where Martin Gilbert found himself a few years ago.
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