About the Book

The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo.

The Journey

Journeying to the Cameroons, he and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect ''plenty beef.''

The Challenges

Their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home, with Cholmondely the chimpanzee, Bug-Eye the bush-baby, and other founder members... and nowhere to put them.