1999-02-12-5
The Hindu, national, India
"� Mr. Marr, who is of Chinese extraction, is apologetic about the role of
his country of origin in making the tiger a haunted animal� The Chinese
make medicines out of tiger parts and, in the process, import as many as
300 dead tigers from India and Russia a year�
"Owning up to his birth country is the penitent Mr. Marr when he says that
he is paying the penalty for his countrymen by campaigning (against the
Chinese tradition)�
"� In the Pink City (Jaipur), Mr. Marr lectured to 2500 school children in
three schools. In Delhi, he had a captive audience of children in 10
schools. He is convinced that children are India�s hope for its national
animals the tiger�"
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