"I will never forget the day. It was June 7, 1976. A tigress I had named Padmini, after my daughter, was seen by me with four cubs! I was wonderstruck and followed this family day and night. Initially, the tigress was unhappy with my presence, but eventually she began to trust me and seemed to treat me as a friend!"

~ Fateh Singh Rathore describing the first time that he saw tiger cubs in Ranthambhore.

(Photo: Ranthambhore tigress, Govind Sagar Bharadwaj)