New Book by Alan Rabinowitz : Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed

In forests reviled as the valley of death, Rabinowitz finds new life for himself, for communities haunted by poverty and violence, and for the tigers he vowed to protect.

I have written about Alan Rabinowitz on & often. He continues to inspire me personally. I have been inspired after seeing a National Geographic documentary on Alan’s life, his cause & his mission to save the wild. Although he has taken a back seat following his health condition, he still leads the exploration group of the Wildlife Conservation Society.

Alan’s expeditions & his stories have brought the grim truth of survival. His fact finding missions led The New York Times call him the Indiana Jones of wildlife science!


In this book, Life in the Valley of Death: The Fight to Save Tigers in a Land of Guns, Gold, and Greed, Alan talks about the story of life & death, of frustration & the emergence of reason in a nondescript Hukaung Valley of Myanmar (Burma). This is a precious land in the eyes of Big Cat conservationists. This has one of the largest population of tigers outside India. But now the wild cats face extinction in the hands of poachers & gold prospectors.

The land strip is also known as the valley of death. Post the World War 2, the Hukaung Valley claimed the lives of thousands of war victims trying to escape the Japanese army. The land is ruled by a military dictatorship. Alan goes on to explain how the group of scientists have to battle not on a vicious government, but also the local military tribes, insurgence, poverty & the crude diplomats!

This is a must read for all conservationists & nature lovers. The review comments “In forests reviled as the valley of death, Rabinowitz finds new life for himself, for communities haunted by poverty and violence, and for the tigers he vowed to protect.”

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