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First published in 2005
This ebook edition 2013

Copyright © in published edition, 2005, 2013: Random House Struik (Pty) Ltd
Copyright © in text, 2005, 2013: Luke Hunter
Copyright © in photographs, 2005, 2013: Gerald Hinde or individual photographers as listed in photographic credits
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Copyright © in maps, 2005, 2013: Random House Struik (Pty) Ltd & Luke Hunter

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ISBN 1 77007 063 X (print)
ISBN 978 1 77584 054 1 (ePDF)
ISBN 978 1 77584 055 8 (ePUB)

PAGE 1: Cheetah – Okonjima Game Reserve, Namibia

PAGES 2–3: Lions – Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

PAGES 4–5: Cheetahs – Kwando Safari, Botswana

PAGES 6–7: Lion – Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa

PAGES 8–9: Leopard – Sabi Sands Game Reserve, South Africa

PAGE 11: Caracal – Okonjima Game Reserve, Namibia

PAGE 12: Lion – Masai Mara National Reserve, Kenya

PAGE 15: Serval – Ngorogoro Crater, Tanzania

PHOTOGRAPHIC CREDITS

All photographs taken by Gerald Hinde with the exception of the following:

BRUCE DAVIDSON/NATUREPL.COM/PHOTO ACCESS: page 35

CAROL AMORE: page 27

DAVE HAMMAN/GALLO IMAGES: page 77

ERHARDT THIEL/IMAGES OF AFRICA: page 39 (Cape fur seal)

GERHARD DREYER/IMAGES OF AFRICA: page 39 (Cape clawless otter)

GUS VAN DYK: page 166

IR DOE/CACP/WCS/UNDP-GEF: page 158

JULIE MAHER: pages 39 (walrus, harbour seal), 41 (bottom)

LUKE HUNTER: pages 38 (tiger, aardwolf, large-spotted genet), 39 (wolf, bear, coati), 94 (bottom), 109, 114, 125 (top), 151 (top and bottom), 157 (inset), 159, 167

NIGEL J DENNIS/GALLO IMAGES: 72

PHILIPP HENSCHEL: page 141

RICHARD DU TOIT: pages 52, 68, 70-71, 79, 92, 108, 120-121 (bottom)

TERRY WHITTAKER: pages 25, 111, 156 (inset)