And last, we would like to thank Dr. Joel Berger and Carol Cunningham for teaching us what true friendship can be again, after seven years alone.
Index
Abbott, Winston O., [>]
Acacia, [>], [>], [>]
Antelope, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
conservation of, [>], [>]–[>]
destruction of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
migration during drought, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
See also names of specific antelope
Baker, Dr. Rolin, [>]
“Bandit” (wild dog), [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Berghoffer, Bergie, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bernhard, Prince of the Netherlands, [>]–[>]
“Big Red” (hornbill), [>]
Bilharzia (disease), [>]
Biltong (jerky), [>]–[>]
“Bimbo” (lion), [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Birds, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
See also names of specific birds
Black mambas, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
“Blue” (lioness), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
in drought, [>]–[>]
as mother, [>]–[>]
with sarcoptic mange, [>], [>]–[>]
Blue Pride (lions), [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in camp, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
communication in, [>]–[>]
in drought, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
after drought, [>]–[>]
in dry season, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
and females of other prides, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
hunting by, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
individual lions in, [>]–[>], [>]
migrations of, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
play in, [>]
rearing of offspring in, [>]–[>]
return in rainy season, [>]–[>]
rivalry with Springbok Pan Pride, [>]–[>]
territory of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
See also “Bones”; Lions
“Bones” (lion), [>], [>], [>], [>]
in camp, [>]–[>]
death of, [>]–[>]
marking by, [>]
Owenses’ rescue of, [>]–[>]
position in Blue Pride, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Boomslangs, [>]
Boteti River, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Botswana:
fencing in, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
fire in, [>]–[>]
hunting laws in, [>]–[>]
Owenses’ arrival in, [>]–[>]
poachers in, [>]–[>]
Rhodesian conflict and, [>]–[>]
“Brother” (lion), [>]–[>]
Brown hyenas. See Hyenas, brown
Bushmen, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Bush warbler, [>]–[>]
Byron, George Gordon, [>]
“Captain” (jackal), [>]
competition with hyenas, [>]
as hunter, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
killing of snake by, [>]–[>]
and “Mate,” [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in rearing of young, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
scavenging by, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Cats. See names of specific cats
Central Kalahari Game Reserve, [>], [>]
disease control fence, [>], [>]–[>]
drought on, [>]–[>], [>]
See also Deception Valley; Kalahari
“Chary” (lioness), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
as mother, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Cheetahs, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
“Chief” (hornbill), [>], [>], [>]
Child, Dr. Graham, [>], [>]
“Chip” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Cobras, [>]
“Cocoa” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
adoption by community, [>]–[>]
Combretum, [>]
Cormorants, [>]
Crocodiles, [>]
Darwin, Charles, [>]
Deception Valley, [>], [>]
drought in, [>]–[>]
fire in, [>]–[>]
history of, [>]
mining expedition in, [>]–[>]
Owenses’ arrival in, [>]–[>]
vegetation in, [>]–[>]
See also Kalahari
Derwood, Gene, [>]
“Diablo” (lion), [>], [>]
Dickinson, Emily, [>]
“Dixie” (lioness), [>], [>], [>]
Dogs. See Wild dogs Drager, Kate, [>]
Drager, Loni, [>]
Drager, Norbert, [>], [>]
Drought, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
brown hyenas in, [>]–[>]
end of, [>]–[>]
lions in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
wildebeest in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Ducks, [>]
Duiker, [>]
“Dusty” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Echo Whisky Golf (airplane), [>]–[>]
arrival of, [>]
initial flight of, [>]–[>]
problems with, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in radio-tracking of lions, [>]–[>], [>]
weather and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Egrets, [>], [>]
Eland, [>]
Faust, Dr. Richard, [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Fencing, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Finches, [>]
Fire, [>]–[>]
animals in, [>]–[>]
Owenses in, [>]–[>]
Flattery, Nellie, [>]
Flattery, Richard, [>], [>]
Flycatchers, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Foot-and-mouth disease (FMD), fencing to control, [>], [>]–[>]
Foxes:
bat-eared, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
cape, [>]
Francistown, [>], [>], [>]
Frankfurt Zoological Society, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Friends of Animals, The, [>]
Frostic, Gwen, [>]
Gaborone, [>]–[>]
Gazelles, [>]
Geese, [>], [>]
Gekkos, [>]
Gemsbok, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Ghanzi, [>]
Gilkyson, Terry, [>]
Giraffe, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Graham, Tony, [>]
Graham, Yoyi, [>]
“Great Thirst,” [>]
“Gretel” (jackal), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Guinea fowl, [>]–[>]
“Gypsy” (lioness), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
as mother, [>]–[>], [>]
“Hansel” (jackal), [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
“Happy” (lioness), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Hartebeest, [>], [>], [>], [>]
conservation of, [>]–[>]
“Hawkins” (hyena), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Hawks, [>]
Hitchock, Dr. Bob, [>]
Holdgate, M. W., [>]
“Hombre” (lion), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Hombills, yellow-billed, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
Howard, Heather, [>]
Howard, Mike, [>]
Hunters, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
Hyenas, brown, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
adoption among, [>]–[>]
cheetahs and, [>], [>]
communication of, [>]–[>]
competition with jackals, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
competition among males, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
conservation of, [>]
dens of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
in drought, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
after drought, [>], [>]
eartagging of, [>]–[>]
greeting, [>]
helping behavior, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
humans and, [>]–[>]
identifying sex of, [>], [>]–[>]
leopards and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
lions and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
muzzle-wrestling of, [>], [>]
neck-biting of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
“pasting” by, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
play of, [>], [>]
rearing of offspring, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
reproduction of, [>]
as scavengers, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
social behaviors of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
social order of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
teeth of, [>]
tracking of, [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
wild dogs and, [>]–[>], [>]
Insects, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Ivey” (hyena), [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Jackals, black-backed, [>], [>], [>]
brown hyena and, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
in camp, [>]–[>], [>]
care of offspring, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
hunting by, [>]–[>]
Kalahari vs. Serengeti, [>], [>]
killing snake, [>]–[>]
leopards and, [>]
lions and, [>]–[>]
mating behavior of, [>], [>]
at night, [>], [>]–[>]
scavenging by, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
territory of, [>]–[>]
tracking by Owenses, [>]–[>]
Johannesburg, [>]–[>]
“Kabe” (lioness), [>]
Kalahari:
climate of, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
drought in, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
dry season in, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]
fire in, [>]–[>]
lack of exploration in, [>]
night in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
rainy season in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
vegetation in, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
Kalahari Conservation Society, [>]
Kalahari lions. See Lions
Kays, Kenny, [>]
Kays, Ronnie, [>]
Kestrel, [>]
Kin selection, [>]
Kipling, Rudyard, [>], [>]
Korhaans, [>], [>]
Kori bustard, [>]–[>], [>]
Kruuk, Hans, [>]
Kudu, greater, [>]
Kuki foot-and-mouth disease, [>], [>]–[>]
Kunitz, Stanley, [>], [>], [>]
“Laramie” (lizard), [>], [>]
Lear, Edward, [>], [>]
Leopards, [>], [>]–[>]
hyenas and, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
jackals and, [>]
Leopold, Aldo, [>], [>]
Liebenberg, Marianne, [>]
Liebenberg, Captain Roy, [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
“Liesa” (lioness), [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
Limpopo River, [>], [>]
Lions, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
bonding of males, [>]–[>], [>]
in camp, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>]
communal suckling, [>], [>]
communication among, [>]–[>]
competition among males, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
conservation of, [>]–[>]
coordinated hunting, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
darting of, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]
after drought, [>]–[>]
in drought, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
in dry season, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
females mixing with other prides, [>]–[>], [>]
in fire, [>]
humans and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]
hunting by, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
hunting of, [>]–[>], [>]
hyenas and, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
identification at night, [>]
Kalahari vs. Serengeti, [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]
makeup of pride, [>]–[>]
males not with females, [>]
migrations of, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
play of, [>], [>], [>]
range size increase, [>], [>]
rearing of offspring, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
return in rainy season, [>], [>], [>]
rivalry between prides, [>]–[>]
roaring of, [>]–[>]
sarcoptic mange in, [>]–[>]
scent-marking by, [>]–[>]
territory of, [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
tracking of, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Lizards, [>], [>]
“Lucky” (hyena), [>], [>], [>]
Macdonald, David, [>]
“McDuff” (hyena), [>]–[>], [>]
McKuen, Rod, [>], [>]
Makalambedi fence, [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Makgadikgadi Pans, [>]–[>]
Malaria, [>]–[>]
Malopos (waterways), [>]
Mamba, black, [>]–[>], [>], [>]
Mange, [>]–[>]
Maraffe, Moxen. See Mox
Marico flycatchers, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Marique” (flycatcher), [>], [>], [>]
Maun, [>], [>]
social life in, [>]–[>]
Meerkats, [>], [>]
Mice, [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>]
Mills, Gus, [>]–[>]
Mining exploration, [>]–[>]
Moehlman, Dr. Patricia, [>]
“Moffet” (lion), [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
bond with Muffin, [>]
in camp, [>]–[>]
defending pride’s territory, [>]–[>]
disappearance of, [>], [>]
in drought, [>]–[>]
females and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
kills Star, [>]
Mongooses, [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Moose” (mongoose), [>]
“Morena” (lion), [>]
Mosquitoes, [>]
Mox (camp assistant), [>], [>]
in airplane, [>]
communication with, [>]–[>], [>]
disappearance of, [>]–[>]
hiring of, [>]–[>]
lions and, [>]–[>]
and William the shrew, [>]–[>]
work as assistant, [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>], [>]–[>], [>], [>], [>], [>]
“Muffin” (lions), [>], [>], [>]–[>]
and abandoned cub, [>]–[>], [>]
bond with Moffet, [>]
in camp, [>]–[>]
death of, [>]–[>]
defending pride’s territory, [>]–[>]
females and, [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
kills Star, [>]
Muller, Mark, [>]
“Muzzy” (lioness), [>], [>]
Nata road, [>]
National Geographic, [>]
Ngamiland, [>]
Nxai Pan, [>]
Okavango River, [>], [>], [>]
Okavango Wildlife Society, [>]
Omar Khayyam, [>]
Ostrich eggs, [>]–[>], [>]
Owenses, Mark and Delia:
arrival of in Africa, [>]–[>]
avoidance of people by, [>]
Christmas celebration of, [>]–[>]
decision to go to Africa, [>]–[>]
Delia’s encounters with lions, [>]–[>], [>]–[>], [>]–[>]
Delia’s malaria, [>]–[>]
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