Joy Adamson was a pioneer in the field of conservation. With her husband George, senior game warden in a huge area of the northern frontier province of Kenya, she established one of the world's first wild animal appeals. Now the Elsa Conservation Trust, it operates an education, training and wildlife retreat centre at the Adamsons' former home of Elsamere, on the shores of Lake Naivasha.
Foreword to the New Edition by Dr. George B. Schaller • 5
Preface by Lord William Percy • 9
Foreword by Captain Charles Pitman • 12
Cub Life • 17
Elsa Meets Other Wild Animals • 40
Elsa Goes to the Indian Ocian • 57
The Man-Eating Lions • 68
Safari to Lake Rudolf • 80
Elsa and Wild Lions • 110
The First Release • 126
The Second Release • 146
The Final Test • 172
Postscripts • 197
L'Envoi • 220
