The second of three books accompanying the major BBC television series, this book features the Leopard families of the Masai Mara Game Reserve in Kenya. Whether hunting, playing, or relaxing, the lives of these leopards are captured through stunning wildlife photography and illuminating text.
Perhaps the most graceful and adaptable of all cats, leopards are also the world's most numerous big cats. Following on from the success of Big Cat Diary: Lion, this book goes beyond the day-to-day footage and explores the bigger picture of the lives of leopards in Africa.
Through the lives of the famous Big Cat leopards, Half-tail, Shadow, Beauty and Safi, we learn about:
• The biology and behaviour of the leopards
• How leopards have evolved
• How we can conserve our big cat populations
Jonathan and Angie Scott also go beyond the Masai Mara Game Reserve, to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, the Ngorongoro Crater, and Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa, to look at the broader picture of the African leopard population. How can we ensure they maintain breeding populations, have enough space to hunt and sufficient prey to survive?
Packed with breath-taking photography and stories of the leopard families featured in the TV series, this companion book is a must-have for all Big Cat fans.
Presenter, author and photographer Jonathan Scott has written a number of books including Mara Serengeti, Dawn to Dusk and Kingdom of Lions. He is a previous winner of the BBC Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. Angie Scott was born and raised in Africa and is an award winning photographer and writer of bestselling travel guides.