Ralph Helfer
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Presents the true story of Modoc and Bram Gunterstein, an elephant and boy--born on the same day in 1896--following their adventures from Germany, to India, to the United States, and telling of the extraordinary relationship shared by the man and animal for over seventy years.
Author
Language
English
Description
When Ralph Helfer, now one of Hollywood's top animal behaviorists, first began working, he was shocked by the cruelty that was accepted practice in the field. He firmly believed in "affection training" -- that love, not fear, should be the basis of any animal's development, even when dealing with the most dangerous of creatures. Then Zamba came into his life -- an adorable four-month-old lion cub that went on to prove Helfer's theories resoundingly...