New Delhi : The mainstream discovered Valmik Thapar courtesy a BBC documentary on tigers t hat provided many people with their first sight of a giant, bearded man, at home in the wild, and a passionate spokesperson for tigers.
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That was in 1997, and by then, Thapar had been working on tiger conservation for over two decades.
He continued to do so till Saturday morning, when he died at his residence in Delhi at the age of 73. Thapar was
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