Tooth and claw: Tigers
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\\u201cAs it charges towards you, you can actually feel the drumbeat of its feet falling to the ground\\u201d. Nothing quite says fear more than standing before a charging tiger. Yet so often it\\u2019s also the poster-predator for conservation. The tiger truly is the \\u2018prince of the jungle\\u2019.. The good news (to some) is that after a century of decline, wild tiger populations have increased recently. But with this comes the increase in human fatalities \\u2013 there are almost daily attacks on the rural poor across India. A world without wild tigers is not a world we want, but how do we balance the needs of people and the needs of tigers? Adam finds out more about tigers and the people that live around them by speaking with Indian tiger expert Rajeev Matthews and conservation biologist Samantha Helle, who is based in the US and works with communities and tigers in Nepal.
Producer: Rami Tzabar and Beth Eastwood\\nPresenter: Professor Adam Hart
(Photo: A crouching tiger, Credit: Yudik Pradnyana/Getty Images)
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