My Life with Leopards: A zoological memoir filled with love, loss and heartbreak

'No other book I know takes you so deeply into the secret world of the leopard' - Brian Jackman, safari writer

In 1993, game ranger Graham Cooke had the opportunity to parent two six-week-old leopard cubs. Establishing himself and his charges in a small, tented camp in the South African bush, Graham set about his task of habituating the cubs to the dangers of the wild, in preparation for their eventual release.

But first he had to gain the young leopards' trust. Boycat, the slightly bigger ma...