A bestseller when first published in 1982 The Marsh Lions" portrays a vivid picture of life & death on the African savannah through the story of a pride of lions in Kenyas world-famous Masai Mara game reserve. The story is essentially a true one. All the central characters are real & most of the incidents described actually happened. For five years Brian Jackman & Jonathan Scott followed the Marsh pride & their progeny painstakingly recording the daily drama of life & death on the African plains. In time they came to regard them as old & familiar friends & real individuals
- the big resident males Scar Brando & Mkubwa & three lionesses known as the Marsh sisters. Their lives together with the leopards & cheetahs that shared their wild paradise offer a unique insight into the unforgiving world of these magnificent carnivores. The Marsh Lions were the most successful group to be filmed for Big Cat Diary the BBCs hugely successful TV series. With Jonathan Scott as co-presenter " The Big Cat Diary" camera teams allowed millions of viewers to observe the ongoing saga of the Marsh pride at a time when lions are fast disappearing all over Africa. The " Marsh Lions" is a powerful reminder of what the world stands to lose if the big cats were to vanish forever & highlights the need to cherish the Mara as one of the most beautiful of the earths wild places. This edition of the book
Includes:: a new chapter bringing the story up to date with the pride as it is now alongside photos of the new lions. The book is illustrated with photographs & drawings by Jonathan & Angela Scott."