I am surprised with my new book, that finally published entitle The Last Tigers (Harimau-Harimau Terakhir) published by Wahyu Media, Jakarta (December, 2006). Dolly Priatna (the second author) has tried his effort to make the book published with the sponsor of Denver Zoo so the books will be available free for school children in Sumatra. We tried to popularize the book and make it as much as posible children to touch it. So the book available also in some book stores in Jakarta, Medan dan other cities.
This books is actually the friends of other series--Orangutan Pesta Buah Durian and Keluarga Gajah-- triying to replace the 'old stile' of malay fabel (on animal stories, popularize by the kancil or the mouse deer). If the old story was telling our children with the wisdom of cleaver mouse deer with its trick (and lies). Then our book telling children of science fiction: it based on the scientific evidance in the real life of the animals. Hopefully the book will help children--including parents-- begin to understand of the real condition of the wildlife in Indonesia. We are keen if sometimes this little book could be translated in some other languages, including english to make children aware of this critical conditions to the animals.
Both Dolly and I, was experienced in seeing the plight of the tiger since we worked in the conservation organization. We have been in the deep forest for months to see their natural habitat degraded by human greed. If we stand up in the forest and the seeing the human being just like 'pacman' to tractors, land clearing, logging and others, there seem nothing you can do. But we tried the last devotion to our childrens, hopefully they inspired with our real stories and change their mind to manage the nature better than us.
This books is actually the friends of other series--Orangutan Pesta Buah Durian and Keluarga Gajah-- triying to replace the 'old stile' of malay fabel (on animal stories, popularize by the kancil or the mouse deer). If the old story was telling our children with the wisdom of cleaver mouse deer with its trick (and lies). Then our book telling children of science fiction: it based on the scientific evidance in the real life of the animals. Hopefully the book will help children--including parents-- begin to understand of the real condition of the wildlife in Indonesia. We are keen if sometimes this little book could be translated in some other languages, including english to make children aware of this critical conditions to the animals.
Both Dolly and I, was experienced in seeing the plight of the tiger since we worked in the conservation organization. We have been in the deep forest for months to see their natural habitat degraded by human greed. If we stand up in the forest and the seeing the human being just like 'pacman' to tractors, land clearing, logging and others, there seem nothing you can do. But we tried the last devotion to our childrens, hopefully they inspired with our real stories and change their mind to manage the nature better than us.
