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  Civil Aviation Authority 217, 312

  contrast with Tanzania 184–5, 205

  Game Department 35, 50–1, 69, 73,78, 120, 121

  General Service Unit 101, 121,175–6, 178, 183

  growing corruption 16–17, 164–5, 174–5

  Kenyan Somalis see Somalis

  Richard Leakey's achievement in 182

  Wildlife Service 182, 202, 217, 254, 312

  see also specific places

  Kenya, Mount 46

  Mount Kenya National Park 95, 96

  Kenyatta, Jomo 116, 164

  Kermeen, Barbara 85

  Khalid (leopard) 148, 153

  Khashoggi, Adnan 132, 143

  Khashoggi, Khalid 132, 142–3

  Khashoggi, Soraya 143

  Kibaki, Mwai 21–2

  Kibonde, Benson 237

  Kilimanjaro, Mount 17–18, 193, 216, 227–8

  Kilonzo, Philip 44, 66, 82, 95, 107, 109,116, 167, 175–6, 178, 183

  Kinloch, Bruce 124, 194

  Kipn'getich, Julius 307, 314

  Kipuyo Loisiki, Richard 210, 219–20, 250

  Kisima 187, 192, 193, 198, 204, 208, 210, 227–8, 243

  wild dog bomas 203, 209–10, 219, 220

  Kisiwani secondary school 246, 250

  Kitomari, Ombeni, team member at Mkomazi 247, 248, 255, 270

  Knight, Mike 212, 234

  Komunyu (female leopard) see Squeaks

  Kora 46–7, 116–17, 130–2, 163, 297–8

  banditrysee shifta (Somali bandits)

  Camp of the Leopards see Kampi ya Chui

  Camp of the Lions see Kampi ya Simba

  family tree of lions 318–19

  forced out of 164–83

  under the General Service Unit 176

  George Adamson's funeral 181–2

  impressions on first arrival in 24, 25–6, 29

  life with George Adamson at 51–68, 86–98, 109–15, 121–2, 131, 134–41, 153

  made into a game reserve 69–70

  poachingsee poaching

  rebuilding and work after 2002 change of government 267–9, 293, 301

  rejuvenated under Richard Leakey 182

  resumption of work, with 2008 formal invitation 307–8, 309–13, 314

  Rock 41, 48, 61, 69, 97, 102, 109, 310

  setback and new effort in 1999–2000 253–5

  wedding of author and Lucy Mellotte in 233–4

  Kora (lion cub of Lisa, adopted by Juma) 62, 86–7, 96, 97–8, 102

  Kora Trust 88, 125, 130, 132, 161

  change of name to George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust 176

  Koretta (lioness) 131, 133, 137, 138, 148,153, 161

  Korokoro people 33

  Kronenborg, Peter 254

  Lamprey, Hugh 83

  Lamprey, Richard 242

  Lamprey, Ros 83

  Lamu 22, 162

  Land Rovers 44–5, 68, 79, 80, 110, 162, 193

  Lang, Franz 132, 142

  Lawrence, Chris 110

  Leakey (lion) 73, 74–5, 77, 84–6, 87,96, 98, 102, 118, 119

  Leakey, Louis S. B. 74

  Leakey, Philip 68, 74, 167

  Leakey, Richard 74, 169, 180, 182, 254

  Ledertheil, Inge 178, 179

  Lee, John 180–1

  Lema, Sangito 201, 220, 243, 257, 295, 314

  Leminiria, Fred 76

  leopard 62, 121–2, 131, 134–5, 136–7, 138–41, 144–5, 146–7, 153–6

  Campsee Kampi ya Chui

  at Mkomazi 202, 218

  see also specific named animals

  Leperez, Julius 220

  Liani, Solomon 191–2, 217, 221, 225

  Lion Camp see Kampi ya Simba lion cub raising 61–2, 71

  lion feeding 31, 33–5, 39–40

  lion mating behaviour 54

  lion mauling

  Boy's biting of Mark Jenkins 38

  Boy's killing of Stanley Murithii 39

  by Shade 119, 120

  Shyman's near–fatal attack on the author 1–2, 90–1

  Suleiman's attack on George Adamson 111, 112

  lion radio collars 85–6, 87, 283

  Lisa (lioness) 25, 32, 41, 53–4, 61, 62–3, 64–5, 71

  Lisette (lion cub of Lisa, adopted by Juma) 62, 66

  Loitokitok Outward Bound School 17, 18

  Longoji, Sergeant 146

  Lowe, Gloria 99

  Lugembe, Rose 221, 226, 232, 236, 238,239, 244, 263, 294, 313

  Lught, Ally van der 296

  Lusasi, Salum 250–1, 264, 274, 281,291, 303, 305–6

  Lwezaula, Fred 160, 169, 205, 258

  Maalim Shora Dirkicha 33–4, 141, 312–13

  MacGraw, Ali 88, 190–1, 198–200, 211, 222

  Mchomvu, Bernard 263, 285, 294, 309

  McKeand, Jane 180

  McKenna, Virginia 27

  Mackenzies (Canadian fundraisers) 191

  Malindi 63, 102–3, 142–3, 307

  Maralal 15, 16

  Marenga, Paul 227, 235, 242, 244–5, 249

  Marmo committee 217, 218

  Marmo, Philip 217

  Maro, Mohammed 147, 154, 179

  Marrian, Anthony 123, 124, 296

  Marshall–Andrews, Bob 7–8, 9, 124, 130, 138, 190, 204, 217, 220, 246, 265, 266, 296, 311

  Marshall–Andrews family 259

  Marshall–Andrews, Gill 124, 138, 190, 265, 295, 311

  Marshall–Andrews, Laura 138

  Masai 205, 219, 220, 223, 243–4, 250

  Mason, Charlie 233, 275

  Mason, Laurence 288

  Mason, Serena 233, 275

  Matchett, Chris 118

  Mawson, Peter 128

  Mayhew, Charlie 222

  Mbano, Bakari 220, 234–5

  Mbise, Jacobo 284

  Mbita, Hashim, Brigadier General 231–2, 235, 236–7, 238, 244, 285, 286, 294, 296, 313, 314

  Meghji, Zakia 236, 250, 260, 274

  Mellotte, Lucy (later Lucy Fitzjohn) 164, 201, 207–8, 212, 214, 215, 217, 222

  gives birth to Mukka 225

  wedding of author and 233–4

  see also Fitzjohn, Lucy

  Mengistu Haile Mariam 83

  MERP (Mkomazi Ecological Research Programme) 205, 227, 235

  Meru National Park 38, 46, 102, 128–9, 174–5, 176

  Meyerhold, Andrew 137–8, 157, 159, 170

  Michael, Prince of Kent 222, 304

  Michael, Princess of Kent 265, 287, 304

  Michie, John 254

  Mill Hill boarding school 7–9

  Mkapa, Benjamin 221, 286

  Mkomazi Ecological Research Programme (MERP) 205, 227,235

  Mkomazi Game Reserve 170, 176, 185–95, 197, 202–13, 226–39,240–53

  and agreement between the Trust and Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism 220–1, 235

  author's home see Kisima

  campaign to achieve national park status 242, 266, 271, 282

  de-snaring team 299

  education centre and programme 299–300, 305, 306 see also George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust: education and outreach

  elephant 186–7, 202, 209, 242, 292, 303

  Football Club 209

  game hunting in 186–7, 190, 213, 214–15, 217–18

  Kisimasee Kisima

  lion 187, 271, 284 see also Jipe (lioness)

  national park status achievement 290, 291–2, 308, 31

  poaching in 186–7, 205, 242, 276,281–2, 29

  rhino 187, 188, 204, 210–12, 218, 223, 232–4, 236–9, 240–3, 255, 260–4, 274, 289, 294, 313, 314

  tax and 308–9, 313

  twenty-first-century life in 255–66, 269–95, 298–300, 303–4, 305–6, 308–9, 313–14

  typical day at 279–81

  water 208

  wild dog project 203, 209–10, 218–20, 222, 226, 234, 256–7, 259–60, 272, 279, 289–90, 292, 293, 300, 303–4

  Mlay, Costa 190, 202, 203, 217, 232–3, 242, 244

  death 284–5


  Mohammed, Mahmoud 42–3, 161

  Moi, Daniel arap 5, 68, 117, 127, 161,164, 165, 182, 254, 267

  Mollel (team member at Mkomazi) 276

  Monro, Matt 10

  Moon, Bryan 150, 151, 200

  Moon, Chris 151, 200

  Moon, Cicely 200

  Morey, Doug 181, 183

  Morkel, Estelle 294, 304

  Morkel, Pete 212, 234, 237, 238, 239, 241, 243, 249–50, 264, 275, 277–8, 289, 292, 294, 304, 313

  Morrissey, Neil 235

  Morson, Kitch 114–15

  Mortimer, Andy 251–2, 296

  Mortimer, Georgina 251–2

  Morton, Peter 191, 211

  Mount Kenya National Park 95, 96

  Muchina, Samwel 311

  Mungure, Hezekiah Ezekiel 189–90, 192, 194, 197, 198, 201, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 211–12, 238, 291

  forced out of Mkomazi 215–16

  Murithii, Stanley 39, 269

  Murray, Rowena 145

  Mursa, Ibrahim 178, 179, 315

  Musyoka, Pauline Kalonzo 308

  Musyoka, Stephen Kalonzo 173, 175, 202, 223–4, 253, 266, 267, 302, 308

  Mutinda, John 50–1, 81, 92, 94–5, 120

  Mwaura, Assistant Warden 179–80

  Mweka College of African Wildlife Management 194, 271

  Mwella, Godfrey 238–9

  Nairobi 67–8, 93, 122–3, 139, 201–2, 305

  embassy bombing 246

  Hospital 92, 306

  Long Bar, Stanley Hotel 14–15, 21, 22

  National Park animal orphanage 73, 80, 81, 84, 96, 99, 148, 154

  Naivasha 20, 21, 23, 38, 132–3, 265, 287–8

  Naja (lioness born to Jojo) 133, 138, 148, 153

  Nasari, Isack 201

  Nasari, Zacharia 201, 206, 247, 248, 255, 256, 270, 282–3

  National Parks Service 73, 79

  Ndaskoi, Happy 264

  Ndolanga, Muhiddin 204, 210

  NFD (Northern Frontier District) 15, 18, 27, 106

  Ng'anga, Ben 68, 105, 118

  Ngomeni bus attack 163

  Ngoto (leopard) 154

  Nina (elephant) 209, 228, 229–30, 237,255, 278–9, 288, 302–3

  Nixon, Richard 35, 83

  Njue, Robert 307

  Njuguna, Tonny 254

  Nnko, Elisaria 192–3, 198, 211–12, 214, 215, 235, 245, 247, 271, 274, 279, 284, 291, 294, 295, 306, 309, 314

  kidnapping 260–1

  Nnko, Zakaria 259

  Noremco 212

  Northern Frontier District (NFD) 15, 18, 27, 106

  Nyerere, Julius 184–5, 186, 286

  Nyongesa, Joseph 311

  Oates, Lawrence 'Titus' 10

  OBE award 296, 304

  OBE party 302

  Ogle, Noor Abdi 67, 90, 101, 121, 173–4

  Olindo, Perez 73, 74, 80–1, 168

  Olly (Williams) and Suzi (Winstanley) 272–3, 304

  Ombeni, team member at Mkomazi seeKitamari, Ombeni

  Operation Uhai 189–90

  Opondo, Fred 254

  O'Regan, Fred 252

  Orma people 82, 94

  Oscar (lion born to Lisa, adopted by Juma) 62, 86–7, 96, 97–8, 102

  Osterhaus, Ab 304

  Out of Africa 81, 157, 180

  PA, author's friend in Malindi 63, 102,123, 162–3

  Pallangyo, Semu 194, 220, 240, 243,275, 277, 291, 294, 295, 302, 314

  Pallangyo, Sifaeli 201

  Palle (leopard) 148, 153

  Parham, Philip 302

  Penny (leopard) 127

  Petrino, Mario 43–4, 76

  pilot training 150–1, 153

  Pippa (cheetah) 127

  poaching 46, 77–8, 93, 95–6, 99–101, 103, 106–7, 145–6, 168–9

  anti–poaching units/patrols 15, 57,106, 121, 130, 205

  de–snaring team 299

  Ken Clarke's murder by a poacher 106

  Mkomazi Game Reserve 186–7, 205, 242, 276, 281–2, 293

  poaching – cont.

  Tsavo National Park 264

  turned to banditry 120–1 see also shifta (Somali bandits)

  wars of the 1980s 17, 145

  Price, Jenny 155

  radio collars 85–6, 87, 144, 283

  Rajabu, Zuberi 206

  Razzall, Tim 124

  Regnier, Georgianna 211

  Rendall, John 26, 32, 71–2, 73, 225

  RGSsee Royal Geographical Society

  rhino 17, 31, 46, 52–3, 77–8, 99, 103

  black 210, 239, 240–3, 275, 291–2

  horn 78, 95

  horn transmitters 249–50

  Mkomazi Game Reserve 187, 188, 204, 210–12, 218, 223, 232–4, 236–9, 240–3, 255, 260–4, 274,289, 294, 313, 314

  see also specific named animals

  Root, Alan 117, 119, 142, 159, 160

  Root, Joan 117, 119, 203

  Rose (female rhino) 243, 289

  Rotich, Nehemiah arap 254

  Rottcher, Dieter 149

  Rotterdam Zoo 79

  Royal Geographical Society 83, 205,222, 252, 273, 304

  rubbish 1, 269

  Rufus Isaacs, Antony 190–1, 199, 211

  rugby 8, 10, 12, 279, 295

  Rune, Caroline 148, 233, 265

  Rune, Palle 148, 199, 233, 265

  Rutherford, Jock 149, 150–1, 152

  Same 195, 245, 249, 250

  secondary school 274

  Sandford, Daniel 19

  Save the Rhino International 216, 219, 256, 299

  schools

  Asako primary school 295, 306

  author's schooling 5, 6, 7–9

  Enfield Grammar School 6

  Kisiwani secondary school 246, 250

  Loitokitok Outward Bound School 17, 18

  Mill Hill boarding school 7–9

  Same secondary school 274

  Trusts for African Schools 294, 295, 297, 312

  Scots Guards 131–2

  Scouting (Boy Scouts) 4–5, 9

  Scruffy (lion) 54, 55

  Selous Game Reserve 248, 274

  Shaba 127, 128

  Shade (lion) 119

  Shaggy (lion) 55

  Sheba (lioness) 104, 111, 112–13, 114,115, 122

  Sheldrick, Daphne 228, 279

  Sheldrick, David 47, 81

  shifta (Somali bandits) 125, 130–1, 145, 176

  and the death of Squeaks 168

  killing of Erigumsa 224

  murder of George Adamson 178–9

  and the Ngomeni bus attack 163

  Shyman (lion born to Juma) 62, 86–7, 93–4

  attack on author 1–2, 90–1

  shot by George Adamson 93

  Sigara, Mohamed 116

  Silvester, Julianna 233

  Silvester, Pete 147, 212–13, 227, 233, 272, 288

  Simons, Harrie 209, 210, 218, 228,230–1, 250

  Simons, Truus 209, 210, 218, 228,230–1, 250

  Sindiyo, Daniel 120, 138

  Singer, Stan 88

  Singo, John 257–8, 272, 273–4, 286

  Slesinger, Tony 124

  Smith, Ken 27, 50, 112, 119–20

  Smith, Helen 21

  smuggling 205–6

  Soba, Mohammed 152, 162

  Solola, Keya 179

  Somalia 95, 116, 120

  Somalis 42–3, 46, 78, 93, 96, 99–101, 103, 107, 161–2, 298

  I984 massacre by security forces 150

  illegal grazers/grazing 58–9, 82, 88, 94–5, 100, 148, 150, 169, 189–190, 205, 242, 283

  and the Ngomeni bus attack 163

  shifta see shifta(Somali bandits)

  terrorism and Kenyan Somalis 116–17

  see also poaching

  Spike (serval cat) 275–6, 288

  Spoerry, Anne 224–5, 253

  Squeaks (female leopard) 137, 140–1, 144, 145, 146–9, 152, 154, 155,160–1, 166, 168

  Starkey, Henry 83

  Stein,Jeff 211

  Stirling, Al 219

  Stirling, Dave 219, 222


  Strahammer, Fritz 118, 127, 137–8

  Suermondt, Robert 211, 223

  Suleiman (lion) 104, 111, 112–13, 114, 115

  attack on George Adamson 111, 112

  Suzi (female rhino calf) 289

  Suzuki Rhino Club 273, 309, 313

  Suzuki Vitaras 45, 273, 309

  Swai, project manager 218, 223, 227

  Swordspoint Foundation 252–3

  Tana, River 25–6, 27, 44, 46

  TANAPA (Tanzania National ParksAuthority) 266, 271, 290, 291–2, 308, 313–14

  Tanzania 159–60, 169–70, 186, 191, 195, 221, 285–7

  contrast with Kenya 184–5, 205

  employment laws 257–8

  Mkomazisee Mkomazi Game

  Reserve national parks authority see TANAPA

  Wildlife Division see Wildlife Division, Tanzania

  see also specific places

  Tanzania Review Authority (TRA) 308

  Tanzanian Trust 191, 225, 250, 302, 309

  Tarimo, Erasmus 205, 220, 257, 304, 313

  Tarzan of the Apes 5–6

  author's playing of Tarzan for Japanese TV 132–3

  tax 308–9, 313

  terrorism 116–17, 246, 260

  Thatcher, Margaret 152

  Thesiger, Wilfred 16, 19, 177

  Thornton, Giles 219, 220, 242–3, 247

  Tiegs, Cheryl I42 Tomoko, actress 155–6

  Tony Fitzjohn/George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust see George Adamson Wildlife Preservation Trust

  Toulson, Alan 190, 217

  tourism 212–13, 226, 227, 253, 272

  agreement between the Trust and Ministry of Natural Resources and Tourism 220–1, 235

  Kenya and 81, 127, 174–5

  tracking equipment 90, 145

  radio collars 85–6, 87, 144, 283

  rhino horn transmitters 249–50

  tractors 84, 90, 97, 197–8, 204, 259, 262, 291

  Transvaal Castle 12

  Travers, Bill 27

  Trendell, Sally 170, 171, 173

  Trevor, Simon 39

  Trusts for African Schools 294, 295, 297, 312

  Tsavo National Park 95, 133, 264

  Tukuna, Ali 'Oil Can' 147, 149, 154

  Turkana, Lake 57–8

  Turner, Susanne 57

  Tusk Trust 216, 222, 251, 299

  Two In the Bush (documentary) 117

  Uganda 184

  UK Trust 190, 197, 251, 259, 284, 287, 292

  US Fish and Wildlife Service 226, 232,309

  US Trust 199, 207, 211, 259

  Utley, Laura 211

  Vaughan Ryall, Hector 22–3

  vehicle maintenance 44, 45, 66, 68, 110

  Visee, Aart 78–9, 80, 102–3, 104, 209, 222–3, 226, 250, 256, 257, 259,296, 304

  Vorster, John 12–13, 20, 21

  Wakamba people 46, 59, 95

  Wamalwa, Mike 68, 122, 254, 266, 267

  Ward, John 174

  Ward,Julie 174

  water 44, 288, 312

  WCMDsee Wildlife Conservation andManagement Department

  wedding of author and Lucy Mellotte 233–4