The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa's Wildlife
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.65 (537 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0345444264 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-04-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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Now, in The Wilderness Family, Kobie recounts the enchanting adventures and extraordinary encounters they experienced in this vast reserve where wildlife has right of way.Kobie and her husband Kobus were overwhelmed by the beauty of the Mahlangeni ranger station when they arrived with their little girls in the autumn of 1980. It was the perfect introduction to the wonders and terrors that awaited her.As the Krügers settled in, they became accustomed to living in the midst of ravishing splendor and daily surprises. The cub was only a few days old and on the verge of death when they found him alone. Leo, as the girls promptly named the cub, survived on loads of love and bottles of fat-enriched milk, and soon became an affectionate, rambunctious member of the family. Golden sunshine glowed in the lush garden where fruit bats hung in the sausage trees; hippos basked in the glittering waters of the Letaba River; storks and herons perched along the shore. Sneaky hyenas stole blankets and cook pots. And one terrible day, the shadow of tragedy fell across the family when a lion attacked Kobus in the bush and nearly killed him.But nothing prepared the Krügers for the adventure of raising an orphaned lion cub. Yet for Kobie and her family, the seventeen years at South Africa's Kruger National Park were t
--Gregory McNamee. Among the animals she encounters in the pages of her memoir are enterprising hyenas who, for whatever reason, pilfer cookware and blankets; a python that crept into bed with the Krügers on their first night in Mahlangeni; Egyptian goslings raised by a proud but broad-minded bantam hen; and the occasional ill-tempered elephant. Readers who come to this memorable study of life in the African outback will be duly entertained, and those who are planning a trip there will learn a thing or two about how to behave around genets, cobras, rhinos--and, yes, lions. In The Wilderness Family, Krüger recounts adventures and misadventures with the curious menagerie that shared her turf--and sometimes her roof--in the remote Mahlangeni section of Kr
Joan Linscott said read this one if you like to laugh and cry. I loved this book it has it all! Take a woman put her in the wilderness and surround her with men, children, dogs, horses elephants and more and see where you end up. This book was written by a woman who has a great sense of humor living in one of the harshest of environments. Raising a lion cub that grows to think he is a dog getting spit at by a cobra that lives in her garden,"I don't think I would do much weeding". You will laugh at her as she introduces herself to her dentist because she doesn't know who he is. Parting with the lion she raised as one of her own, you will laugh and cry but you will nev. Wonderful J. Ellis I read this book in about two days. Having just gotten back from a safari trip to Africa, I could almost hear the hippos grunting and the lions roaring again while reading this book, and could only wish I was Kobie. I hope Leo is doing great. I'm worried about him in Zimbabwe with all the current problems. Anyway, read this one. It was great!. "A delightful, wonderful, poignant story" according to Eva Dannacker. I enjoyed reading "The Wilderness Family" so much that I have read it twice! The story was so inspiring, so moving, and so interesting, that I could not get enough of it!It is evident that the author passionately loves animals, and can see things from the perspective of her animal charges. The love, trust and bonding that had occurred between a lion and his "foster mother" and human family is evident on every page of the book. Some parts of the book are hilarious, other parts speak of a strong person who is not afraid of adventures that some of us would define as HAIR RAISING. The story shows that humans