Anecdotes of Big Cats and Other Beasts

A series of first-person field anecdotes recounts encounters with big cats and other wild animals, ranging from tense close calls and hunts to gentle domestic episodes. Chapters describe tigers, leopards, buffalo, crocodiles, monkeys, gibbons, and a little bear, treating episodes of escape, taming, rescue, and fatal charge with practical observation and lively detail. The author balances vivid scene-setting and wry humor with sympathetic attention to animal behavior, and recurring themes include solidarity among creatures, maternal instinct, and the tangled relations between humans and wild beasts.