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India is one of the few densely populated countries to enjoy unique proximity to a rich variety of wildlife, birdlife, insects and flora. But Indians who appreciate this rare bounty are a rare species. On the contrary, the average Indian’s visit to a wildlife reserve appears to provoke what we humans may describe as animal spirits, though it is doubtful if any species in the animal kingdom would recognise it as such. Nowhere is this boorish ignorance more on display than in a tiger reserve, a sign of how little the success of Project Tiger, now celebrating its 50th anniversary,
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