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Chris McBride is an avid student of wildlife and has lived in Timbavati and other areas of the African bush since he was a child.  (Full CV)

Charlotte has also spent much of her life in the bush , especially during her childhood, where she lived with her parents in the wilds of Zambia. She has many years of experience in running game lodges and will make you feel at home.
 

Chris has recently appeared on ‘Animal Planet’ in a film entitled  ‘White Lions, King of Kings’  , and ‘Missione Natura’, an Italian wildlife programme. He and Charlotte, together with a valued friend in the USA, have nearly completed a book about their experiences at  McBrides’ Camp,  which will soon be published

While doing his thesis for an Msc degree on lions from the University of California at Humboldt, two white lions were born into the lion pride the McBrides were already watching.

This resulted in a book The White Lions of Timbavati and a Msc. Thesis. The book was translated into eight languages including Dutch, Japanese (Shokagukan), French (Robert Lafont), German (Droemer Knaur), Italian (Rizzoli) and  Finnish. A feature movie was also made.

Chris published another book on nocturnal lion research in Northern Botswana in the late 70'sand early 80’s. A journal article also came out of this.

Both books may be ordered via the Internet.

The White Lions of Timbavati

In this extraordinary place, an oasis in a world of disappearing and endangered species, what appears to be a new strain of lions has suddenly emerged. And for once, man, responsible for the destruction of so much wildlife, is in a position to use a whole battery of new and sophisticated techniques to protect and foster these unique animals - Temba, Tombi and Phuma;  the white lions of Timbavati.

(Order a copy from www.ukbookworld.com)

Liontide

In this remarkable book Chris McBride, author of the White Lions of Timbavati and Operation White Lion provides a dramatic record of his time with the night hunters of Savuti.

This account of the ceaseless struggle between Africa's largest carnivore, the lion, and its prey hurtles the reader into the dust- swirled world of the Savuti Lion prides with all its uncertainty and sudden death.

2 used from $88.66 Other Formats: Paperback)

SOME REVIEWS OF LIONTIDE

 “……PRIDE OF PLACE…..”

“This is an invaluable insight into lion behaviour, crammed with information and a book that will have pride of place on the shelf of any naturalist, whether amateur or professional”.

John Michell, BUSINESS DAY,          4.6.90

“It takes a rare gift to combine raw scientific data with a personal vision and belief in things natural to produce a captivating narrative. Chris McBride’s book based on his work in the mystical Savuti channel area of Botswana is such a work.”

PROF J du P BOTHMA, (former) HEAD, CENTRE FOR WILDLIFE RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA.

"But from a scientific point of view, it is Liontide , the result of three years’ research in Botswana’s Savuti marshes, that has become one of the most widely hailed studies of lion behaviour, examining, as it did, the nocturnal as opposed to diurnal behaviour of lions."

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