A Champion of the Tiger’s cause This section details how one photographer and conservationist, F W Champion (1893 – 1970), campaigned for the protection of tigers and other wild creatures, as well as their habitats, in the 1920s and 30s. It is written by his grandson, James Champion, who has spent many months retracing […]
James was born in 1963, and from a very young age became interested in wildlife – perhaps he was indoctrinated by his father, but if so, it certainly worked. Unlike most toddlers, one of the first words he could say was Metamandana dido, a tropical butterfly whose picture he had seen, hotly followed by ‘Hutnatch’, […]