Queen Shaba. Adamson D.

Joy Adamson (1910-1980)-writer, animal defender, bright charismatic personality. The author of the bestsellers translated into many languages ​​of the world: “Born Free”, “Living Free”, “Free Forever” - about the African lioness Elsa; “Pippa, or spotted Sphinx”, “Pippa challenges” - about the cheetah Pippe. Elsa and Pippa still fell into captivity, and death threatened them, but the tireless Joy Adamson, overcoming all the difficulties, risking her health, raised them in Kenyan reserves, selflessly took care of them until the animals grew up, and then returned to wild. However, the main test was waiting for her ahead.

This time Penny got into trouble-a small “girl”-leopard. Her mother died - who will teach Penny to hunt and live in nature? Joy Adamson is ready to take on this risky mission, and the Shaba National Park - to help her. But the leopards are the most complex animals of all the "large cats." Their intelligence compared to lions and cheetahs is much higher, their behavior is unpredictable, they are not created to obey people. What trials await Joy Adamson and her pythomitsa?

For their beauty and majesty, “Local residents call the leg of the leopard“ queens, ”wrote Joy Adamson. - So I will call my book about Penny - “Queen of Shaba” ”...