1999-02-12-5
The Hindu, national, India
"… Mr. Marr, who is of Chinese extraction, is apologetic about the role of
his country of origin in making the tiger a haunted animal… The Chinese
make medicines out of tiger parts and, in the process, import as many as
300 dead tigers from India and Russia a year…
"Owning up to his birth country is the penitent Mr. Marr when he says that
he is paying the penalty for his countrymen by campaigning (against the
Chinese tradition)…
"… In the Pink City (Jaipur), Mr. Marr lectured to 2500 school children in
three schools. In Delhi, he had a captive audience of children in 10
schools. He is convinced that children are India’s hope for its national
animals the tiger…"
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