Leopard's Tale: Featuring Half-Tail And Zawadi, Stars Of Big Cat Diary (Bradt Travel Narratives) - Softcover

Scott, Jonathan; Scott, Angela

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1841624799 ISBN 13: 9781841624792

Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides, 2013

Synopsis

Almost everyone on safari hopes for a glimpse of the charismatic and elusive leopard. Chui was the first of a new generation of leopards Jonathan Scott watched and photographed in Kenya’s Masai Mara Game Reserve in the 1970s and 1980s. His classic account tells the story of the mother leopard as a solitary hunter providing for herself and her offspring. He records encounters with baboon, hyaena and man, hazards facing the cubs as they learn to fend for themselves as well as periods of play and relaxation. Some years after Chui disappeared, a young female appeared, Half-Tail. Jonathan and Angela have followed her and her daughter Zawadi for the past twenty years, bringing the story up to date with new chapters and photos.

 

The book features stars from the BBC’s Big Cat Diary which was presented by Jonathan Scott.

About this title

About the Author:

Jonathan and Angela Scott are award winning wildlife and travel photographers, and the only couple to have won as individuals the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. Jonathan Scott's television presence has blossomed since his early days as a presenter on American television. He has presented his own television series for the BBC, including Big Cat Diary and has also presented wildlife stories for Wild Things, an American television series.

Review:

'In wonderful photographs and prose, here is an account that, because of new challenges to leopard populations as much as the observational difficulties, few are likely to replicate.' Conde Nast Traveller 'The authors certainly convey inexhaustible enthusiasm and an undimmed sense of wonder at the natural world.' Good Book Guide 'The new final third of the book, which whisks through the leopard dynasty chronicled by Big Cat Diary, is compelling' BBC Wildlife Magazine

About this edition

• Publisher: Bradt Travel Guides
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1841624799
• ISBN 13: 9781841624792
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240