© 2003 BAS .....Science Art-Birds

Title: The Promise of India .....
Species: Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris )
Artist: BAS (for further information, click on the artist's name)
Image size: 26" x 40"
Media: oil on canvas
Date: 2003
UK

The artist notes: "This painting is included in the exhibit to call attention to scientific research undertaken to conserve the tiger in the wild where pressure is mounting and there is very real doubt about its longterm preservation. Dedicated researchers find their efforts seriously undermined by national and local politics as they work to stem the loss of natural habitat and curtail the asault by poachers at the frontline of an illegal trade in animal parts. As with so many endangered species around the world, these researchers deserve our support as they struggle for the survival of this beautiful and marvellous animal. Let's hope that our children will be able to share a world with such wonders and will be enriched by our co-existence with more large mammals than the human kind! "

Thus, the preservation of beautiful and marvellous tigers, just as the preservation of beautiful and marvellous birds--from the Resplendant Quetzel in Central America, to the Whooping Crane in North America, the Sacred Ibis in Africa, the Andean Condor in South America, the Spanish Imperial Eagle in Europe, and the Cassawary in Oceania--rests on the combined efforts of conservationists, policy-makers, and public support.