Profiles the lion, elephant, leopard, rhinoceros, and buffalo of Africa, describing their physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, life cycle, and relationship with humans, and provides color photos.
A third prophecy, this time involving a leopard, comes true for eleven-year-old Martine, an orphaned South African girl who has mystical healing powers over animals, when she travels with her grandmother and best friend Ben to Zimbabwe.
Describes the efforts being made to save the panthers in Florida, discussing the captive breeding program, and examining the concerns of developers who regard the panther as a threat, as well as the position of animal rights groups that are using the issue as a rallying point.
Photographs and text provide information about leopards, describing how they look, where and how they live, their hunting behaviors, and their adaptation to shrinking habitats.
