Popular Wildlife Books You Must Read

Wildlife is animals live in the natural habitat without the interference of humans. It focuses on the animals that live in the wild. There are various books on wildlife. If you like wildlife & wild animals, here are some popular wildlife books you must read.

The Last Rhinos: The Powerful Story of One Man’s Battle to Save a Species

By – Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

This book is coherent to read. The author introduced you to the beauty of wild animals and the tragedy of these animals surviving poachers, warring tribes, government  politics. It is incredible to learn the relationships the gamekeepers had with these wild creatures and their dedication to saving them from extinction.

Lawrence Anthony was truly dedicated to conservation. His tireless efforts to save wild animals in the bush took him to some very scary places and his interaction with potentially dangerous people underscored his determination. His passion was unrelenting.

In “The Last Rhino’s” he travels extensively to keep the small remaining group of rhino’s from permanent extinction , which was a daunting task given the popularity of poaching.

The Elephant Whisperer : My Life with the Herd in the African Wild

By – Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

This is another wonderful book by Lawrence Anthony. It is about Africa – its wild beauty, the rhythms of nature and more specifically about the author’s building of a trusting relationship with a small herd of elephants that he acquired through his conservation reserve. The book pulls you into a different world by letting you feel warmth, passion and understanding of Lawrence Anthony towards all life, is a joy to read. It’s rare and you can come across such an uplifting, warm, coherent, very sad in parts, inspiring book.

Never Cry Wolf : Amazing True Story of Life Among Arctic Wolves by Farley Mowat

By – Farley McGill Mowat

More than a half-century ago, the naturalist Farley Mowat was sent to investigate ‘why wolves were killing the arctic caribou?’. Mowat’s account of the summer he lived in the frozen tundra alone—studying the wolf population and developing a deep affection for the wolves (who were of no threat to caribou or man). It is today celebrated as a classic of nature writing, at once, becoming a tale of remarkable adventures and indelible record of myths and magic of wolves.

The Call of the Wild

By – Jack London

‘The Call of the Wild’ is a novel by Jack London published in 1903. The story is set in the Yukon during the 1890s Klondike Gold Rush—a period when strong sled dogs were in high demand. The novel’s central character is a dog called “Buck”, a domesticated dog living at a ranch in the Santa Clara Valley of California, as the story opens. Stolen from his home and sold into the brutal existence of an Alaskan sled dog, he reverts to atavistic traits. Buck is forced to adjust and survive cruel treatments and fight to dominate other dogs in a harsh climate. Eventually he sheds the veneer of civilization, relying on primordial instincts and lessons he learns, to emerge as a leader in the wild. London lived for most of a year in the Yukon collecting material for the book. The story was serialized in the Saturday Evening Post in the summer of 1903; a month later it was released in book form. The novel’s great popularity and success made a reputation for London. Much of its appeal derives from the simplicity with which London presents the themes in an almost mythical form. As early as 1908 the story was adapted to film and it has since seen several more cinematic adaptations.

The Wilderness Family: At Home with Africa’s Wildlife

By – Kobie Kruger

When Kobie Krüger, her game-ranger husband and their three young daughters moved to one of the most isolated corners of the world – a remote ranger station in the Mahlangeni region of South Africa’s vast Kruger National Park – she might have worried that she would become engulfed with loneliness and boredom. Yet, for Kobie and her family, the seventeen years spent in this spectacularly beautiful park proved to be the most magical – and occasionally the most hair-raising – of their lives.

Kobie recounts their enchanting adventures and extraordinary experiences in this vast reserve – a place where, bathed in golden sunlight, hippos basked in the glittering waters of the Letaba River, storks and herons perched along the shoreline, and fruit bats hung in the sausage trees.

But as the Krugers settled in, they discovered that not all was peace and harmony. They soon became accustomed to living with the unexpected: the sneaky hyenas who stole blankets and cooking pots, the sinister-looking pythons that slithered into the house, and the usually placid elephants who grew foul-tempered in the violent heat of the summer. And one terrible day, a lion attacked Kobus in the bush and nearly killed him.

Elephant Dawn: The Inspirational Story of Thirteen Years Living with Elephants in the African Wilderness

By – Sharon Pincott

In 2001, Sharon Pincott traded her privileged life as a high-flying corporate executive to start a new one with the Presidential Elephants of Zimbabwe. She was unpaid, untrained, self-funded and arrived with the starry-eyed idealism of most foreigners during early encounters with Africa. For thirteen years – the worst in Zimbabwe’s volatile history – this intrepid Australian woman lived in the Hwange bush fighting for the lives of these elephants, forming an extraordinary and life-changing bond with them.

Now remote from Robert Mugabe’s rule, Sharon writes without restraint sequentially through the years, taking us on a truly unforgettable ride of hope and heartbreak, profound love and loss, adversity and new beginnings. This is the haunting, all-encompassing story we’ve been waiting for.

Powerfully moving, sometimes disturbing and often very funny, Elephant Dawn is a celebration of love, courage and honor amongst our greatest land of mammals. With resilience beyond measure, Sharon earns the supreme right to call them family.

Source – www.amazon.com