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Flower of Mangrove by Kaushik Ghosh Indian photographer Kaushik Ghosh had been waiting in the dense mangrove forests of India for hours before this tigress finally revealed herself.—Amber X. Chen, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2025 Rescuers decided that tranquilizing the three-year-old tigress was not an option.—Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Feb. 2025 Even An Army Failed To Stop The Champawat Tiger
The tigress’s escape from Nepal to India alone demonstrated her resilience even in the face of an army.—Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025 The story lifts the veil on our planet’s most revered and charismatic animal, inviting viewers to journey alongside Ambar, a young tigress raising her cubs in the forests of India.—Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 Mar. 2024 Collarwali was a tough-love kind of mother, letting her cubs start hunting earlier than a more helicopter-parenting sort of tigress.—Susan Orlean, The New Yorker, 19 Apr. 2022 After gaining the trust of the mother tigress, staff was able to treat the cubs and get them on their feet.—Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2022
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