Founders Note

Hermis Haridas & Nisha Purushothaman

101 images of pure viewing pleasure, that is what BIG CAT TRAILS promises, images sourced from around the world from gifted and generous wildlife and conservation photographers. Pain staking works shared in the hope that they inspire the viewer to take up the cause for these wonderful animals, the Big Cats! To the uninitiated the Big Cat Trails is our first coffee table book, a Paws Trails conservation photography project and our first publication in print. The book launch happened in Dubai in a well-attended event along with an exhibition of some of the works in the book. More on this in Page 28. Kindly support our wildlife and conservation awareness work by purchasing your copy.

We have watched in awe as women around the world have stepped in and dazzled the world with giant strides in wildlife photography and conservation, in what is widely perceived to be a male bastion. We have been lucky to work with and publish images and articles by and about these splendid ladies. Today women are recognized as some of the best photographers and conservationists with their dedicated and focused work, contributing to a better world for tomorrow. Paws Trails salutes these ladies and dedicates this special women-centric edition to their amazing spirit. Every article and image in this volume is contributed by or about a special lady who has taken up the cause of Mother Earth.

The 8th of March was celebrated as International Women‘s Day and this being our immediate next edition is our way of saying thank you to all women in photography and conservation. Thank you ladies for being the harbingers of hope for Mother Nature and human kind!

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Hermis Haridas & Nisha Purushothaman
Founders – PT Explorers