Butterflies in Tiger Country

Butterflies in Tiger Country is a celebration of the quirky safari culture found on the subcontinent and provides a 21st century snapshot-in-time of the jungle megafauna situation, from Persian lion country across to the whooping primates of the Malay Peninsula. The ongoing poaching threat is touched upon and, for historical context, a detailed account of the 19th century man-eating tiger crisis on Singapore Island is provided; the worst in history.

Sid Marsh is a writer and artist, and has worked as a wildlife ranger in New Zealand Aotearoa for three decades. He has also been a labourer, house husband, scuba instructor, commercial pilot, heavy plant operator, and a freelance journalist.

“Marsh relays the ethical dilemmas forest rangers and marksmen tussle with” New Zealand Herald
“His pages…fizz with colour and drama” Waiheke Weekender
“If you’re thirsting for the very distillation of danger, the frenzied heat of a photo hunt, a Kiwi tracker’s own passionate panegyric to noisome and ennobling Nature, then Butterflies in Tiger Country is your tonic. Sid Marsh delights, excites, ignites. Bravo!” Steven Roger Fischer, author, linguist, historian