Big Cat Diary: Lion

by Jonathan Scott

A companion volume to the successful "Big Cat Diary" television series, which goes beyond the day-to-day footage and explores the bigger history, biology, behaviour, conservation and how lions survive outside the Masai Mara. As well as a detailed examination of biology and behaviour, the book provides an historical perspective of the big cat families featured in the series. The book also looks outside the Masai Mara Game Reserve, to the Serengeti National Park in Tanzania and the Ngorongoro Crater, and Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Finally there is the question of how to conserve our big cat populations. There could be as few as 15,000 lions left in Africa. How can we ensure they can maintain breeding populations, space to hunt and sufficient prey to survive?

Genres: Animals, Nonfiction

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Librarian’s note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.

For the history professor, see Jonathan^^Scott.

Reviews

[Sophie Crane]

i really enjoyed the big cat diary television series and was interested to learn more about the characters in the show. this book does not disappoint and gives a marvellous insight into lives of individual lives. Jonathan and Angie Scott also give much information on the history of big cats, how they evolved and reasons for their pride and hunting behaviour. there really is too much information to cover in a short review but together with outstanding photographs from these well known wildlife photographers, this really is an essential read for anyone interested in the lives of the big cats.

[Praneesh K]

Will read again. Deep research on lion prides in the Mara-Serengeti ecosystem.