India’s ‘Tiger Man’ Valmik Thapar Passes Away

Valmik Thapar, India’s iconic conservationist and famed ‘Tiger Man’, passed away at 73 this morning at his Delhi residence after battling cancer. A leading voice in wildlife preservation, he spent over 40 years focusing on tiger conservation. Jairam Ramesh mourned his death, calling it a “great loss” to conservation efforts.