A human being is a very social creature, and ninety percent of what he does is done only because other people are watching. Alone, with no witnesses, he starts to learn about himself—who is he really? — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
“He realised that in a town a man cannot live as he wishes, but as other people wish.” — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
“I’ve read a tiger’s not dangerous, They say the tiger won’t attack But one thing’s not clear to me. Has he read this, too?… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
The one certainty in tiger tracks is: follow them long enough and you will eventually arrive at a tiger, unless the tiger arrives at… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
“Tigers go by several different names here, and one of them is Toyota-because, during the 1990's, that is what you could buy with one.” — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
“To say a tiger is an "outside" animal is an understatement that is best appreciated when a tiger is inside.” — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
Successful hunting, it could be said, is an act of terminal empathy: the kill depends on how successfully a hunter inserts himself into the… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
Fancy cutting down all those beautiful trees...to make pulp for those bloody newspapers, and calling it civilisation. - Winston Churchill, remarking to his son… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
“It is an eccentric and uniquely human approach to resources: like plowing under your farmland to make way for more lawns, or compromising your… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
A human being is a very social creature, and ninety percent of what he does is done only because other people are watching. Alone,… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image
“This is the magical realism of NAFTA - Mexico, the birthplace of corn, is now importing surplus corn from el Norte - millions of… — John Vaillant Copy Share Image