The Oxford Anthology of Indian Wildlife, Volume 2: Watching and Conservation

Documents the change in attitudes to the animal world, with the focus shifting from conquest or slaughter towards conservation. It includes early and contemporary accounts of the wild which celebrate the joys of watching wildlife and detail the wealth of birds and beasts that make India exceptional. Gathers essays, articles, and selections by hunters in India that describe the environment and wildlife of their times, along with accounts from the 1950s and later that reveal the switch in emphasis from hunting to conservation.