helfer, ralph

Chronicles the life of Zamba, a lion rescued from the Zambezi River in Zambia and brought to the U.S. and worked in motion pictures.

A Hollywood animal trainer recounts his adoption of a four-month-old African lion cub as part of a plan to institute more humane training practices, describing how his nurture-based program helped him forge a loving bond with the great cat and enabled better standards of care for performance animals.

The author recalls his experiences with Zamba, a young lion rescued from the Zambezi River in Zambia and brought to the U.S. for treatment, and describes how he raised the animal from a cub and worked with him in motion pictures.