Table of Contents
Acknowledgements 7
Map 8
Foreword Desmond Morris 11
Prologue 13
Introduction 15
1 First Day 33
2 A Polar Bear Saga 41
3 Cholmondeley Goes Walkabout 48
4 Chased by a Gorilla 54
5 Escape 65
6 Sunbathing Sukie 72
7 Goldie the Eagle 78
8 Snakes Alive 84
9 Zebra Crossing 90
10 When Sabre's Heart Stopped Beating 97
11 Talk of the Devil! 105
12 Two Lions and Hitchcock 111
13 The Raven with the Wooden Leg 116
14 An Elephant Never Forgets 121
15 Caesar to jersey 128
16 A Leopard in the Cabinet Room 136
17 Budgie with a Lump 145
18 A Pelican in the War Office 151
19 The In-house Lion 156
20 Gorilla with a Hernia 162
21 Tranquillizing Fifi 168
22 The Cornish Mouse 173
23 Tiger's Eye 179
24 Fighting Snakes 187
25 Whatever One Can Do, Toucan Do Better 192
26 Who's Cocky Now? 196
27 Last Day 203
