David Attenborough, Dion Leonard (Finding Gobi), Dervla Murphy & Brian Jackman are just four of the authors whose work features in this new anthology from Bradt focusing on true stories about travelling with animals. In Beastly Journeys, there are 46 tales of extraordinary animal travel experiences, from hilarious holidays with pets to journeys on which wild animals somehow came along for the ride, including: David Attenborough tries to get an armadillo through Paraguayan customs; adventurer Ash Dykes takes a white cockerel to Maromokotro to ward off evil spirits; Mike Gerrard shares a car journey from Belsize Park to Canvey Island with a python; Brian Jackman rides, walks & swims with Abu the elephant; Bradt New Travel Writer of the Year Dom Tulett rows with a kingfisher; & John Rendall travels to Africa with Christian, the lion he bought at Harrods & raised in west London. Also included is a brand new piece of writing from ultramarathon runner Dion Leonard about his experience with Gobi, the stray dog who accompanied him for 80 miles over the treacherous Tian Shian mountains. A mix of new, previously unpublished writers & old favourites are included, with extracts from writers such as Mark Shand (Travels on my Elephant), Dervla Murphy (Eight Feet in the Andes) & Robert Louis Stevenson (Travels with a Donkey), not to mention Gerald Durrell, 19th-century explorer Isabella Bird & renowned publisher Michael Joseph. Compelling, engaging, surprising, humorous & entertaining. if this book proves one thing it`s that travel with animals is every bit as unpredictable as you would expect it to be.