Table of Contents

Foreword by Simon King vii
Preface to the 2013 Edition ix
Map xii
Introduction 1
1 The Birth of the Cubs 10
2 The Predators' Kingdom 30
3 Chui's Competitors 54
4 Waiting for the Rains 67
5 The Leopard Family 86
6 Instinct and Experience 108
7 Struggling for Food 132
8 Growing Independence 156
9 The Leopard's Future 175
10 Epilogue 1: The Paradise Female 185
11 Epilogue 2: Half-Tail's Legacy 201
Authors' and Photographers' Note 219
Acknowledgements 224
Bibliography 227

About the Author

Jonathan and Angela Scott are award winning wildlife and travel photographers, and the only couple to have won as individuals the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year Award. Jonathan Scott's television presence has blossomed since his early days as a presenter on American television. He has presented his own television series for the BBC, including Big Cat Diary and has also presented wildlife stories for Wild Things, an American television series.

Reviews

'In wonderful photographs and prose, here is an account that, because of new challenges to leopard populations as much as the observational difficulties, few are likely to replicate.' Conde Nast Traveller

'The authors certainly convey inexhaustible enthusiasm and an undimmed sense of wonder at the natural world.'
Good Book Guide

'The new final third of the book, which whisks through the leopard dynasty chronicled by Big Cat Diary, is compelling'
BBC Wildlife Magazine