Tom Wilkinson, kes on äsja Inglismaalt Aafrikasse kolinud, leiab, et tema uus kodumaa on üks imetabane paik. Eksootilised linnud laulavad akna taga. Ahvid ronivad katusel ringi. Otse koduaia taga laiub tohutu looduspark. Ja kõrvalmajas elab kummaline tüdruk, kelle kodu on täis orbunud loomi. Ent öösiti peavad jahti ohtlikud kiskjad. Kui elumajade naabrusse kolib elama näljane leopard, hauvad Tom ja tema uus sõber Afra üheskoos välja pöörase plaani, päästmaks seda imekaunist olendit mahalaskmisest. ...Miski liigatas kõrges kollakas rohus. Sõrgadega vaevu maad puudutades pistis põgenema antiloobikari. Pühvel tõstis musta, vägevate sarvedega pea ja kammis vilava pilguga hoolikalt ümbritsevat maastikku. Sebra nähvas sabaga üle oma tihedavöödilise tagumiku ning põrutas musta läikiva kabjaga vastu punast paakunud maapinda.

Afra invites Tom and Joseph on a trip to a game lodge, and is devastated when her father breaks his promise to come too. She sees a troop of baboons and connects her own wounded heart with an injured baby. Determined to save it from predators, she returns, but becomes prey herself.

Afra and Joseph are invited to help trap a rare black rhino for relocating in Nakuru Game Park, where they meet a local boy who warns them about poachers who are tracking a female rhino and her calf. In a dangerous attempt to save her, the children are captured at gunpoint in the path of a fire.

This is the fifth book in this series combining animal stories with human dramas. The Ethiopian Wolf is one of the world's most endangered species. Afra and Tom go in search of one in the remote Bale Mountains. Afra also hopes, desperately, to find surviving members of her dead mother's family.

«Elevandid,» lausus metsavaht, «on kõige ohtlikumad loomad Aafrikas.»Tom pole kunagi elevanti looduses näinud. Ta on alati armastanud neid hiigelsuuri ja majesteetlikke loomi—ja nüüd viib Titus Musau tema ja Josephi Mount Kenyasse neid lähedalt vaatama. Hoolimata hoiatustest ei suuda Tom ära oodata, millal sinna jõuab.Aga miski poleks saanud teda esmakohtumiseks elevandiga ette valmistada. Noor haavatud isasloom, kes kisendab valust ja raevust ning tormab otse poissi ründama!

This text combines action with emotional human drama, and gives animal-loving readers an insight into the international trade in endangered species.

When Afra and Joseph watch as a rare turtle lays her eggs they realise that the hatchlings have only a slim chance of survival - Afra, distraught over the threatened break-up of her own family, is ready to do anything to save them. "Wild Things" adventures combine animal stories with human dramas and characters, set in exotic African locations.

" Wild Things" is an animal adventure series from an acclaimed children\`s writer. Each book stars a wild species and is set in an African location. The stories provide an insight into the complex problems of wildlife conservation in today\`s world.