Part of the Pride: My Life Among the Big Cats of Africa

By (author): Kevin Richardson. By (author): Tony Park. The memoir of Kevin Richardson, the South African zoologist and animal behaviourist known as "The Lion Whisperer," co-written with novelist Tony Park. It follows his unconventional, compassion-based approach to working with lions at a South African sanctuary, describing how patience and empathy allowed him to be accepted into their social structure in ways that would be dangerous for others, in contrast to conventional coercive training methods.