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"Deep in the jungles of India I strive to catch sight of the elusive wild tiger. Our party searches first by vehicle, then on elephant back. We heave and crash through dense undergrowth, clamber down gullies, and grapple with overhanging branches. Just as the frustration of failure challenges our will, the guide finds two glowing jewels peering from beneath a shield of leaves. The tiger’s eyes seem brighter than anything else in the jungle. All alone, and desperately endangered, she looks up, instantly striking a chord of poignant awareness. The moment is all too brief, for she swiftly turns back into the shadows, as if to echo her own extinction."
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