Thursday, December 12, 2013

Born wild- by Tony Fitzjohn

Life enriches this world. Under the blove sky, Scream and Fred are playing on the hill of Chris. Bagce embraces this human body- Tony. In the fog of sand, hyenas are chasing for antelopes, both of which are compassed with fences.
Born Wild is a story of passion, adventure and skulduggery on the frontline of African conservation. Following Tony Fitzjohn's journey from London bad boy to African wildlife warrior, the heart of the story is a series of love affairs with the world's most beautiful and endangered creatures - affairs that so often end in pain, for to succeed in re-introducing a lion or leopard to the wild is to be deprived of their companionship. Tony tells of his twenty years in Kenya with George Adamson of Born Free fame - a time of discovery, isolation and frequent danger living far from civilisation. And when he was prevented from re-introducing any more animals into the wild and made unwelcome in the country he loved, Tony had to start anew in Tanzania.
 
Fortunately yet sadly, animals are protected by people in cages. Tanzania was the heaven of lions, hyenas and panthers until hunters ignorantly hunt wild animals to endanger. Without the conservation, lions hunters use poison meat to kill lions and peel them out. Their fur will be sought to support hunters' families. Rhinoceros  will be shot just for the horn on their noses. However, I regard this book more than a book to recall people to protect wild animals.  How much courage did Tony have to quest the government of Tanzania and ask for the right of his reservation? He continued what George left and made the conservation thrive. I hear the voice of him inwardly that lives are equal. As we can love our friends and our families, we can also love these spirits of the wild. Once, they were feared , but now we offer our help cause they need.

1 comment:

  1. I read Born Free when I was your age, and I felt the same way. It was like reading a beautiful secret that made me realize how unfair it would be to consider myself more important than animals

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