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ZambaRalph Helfer

Zamba

2005272 pages
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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 correct.Over the next eighteen years, Zamba would thrive and grow, and go on to star in numerous motion pictures and television shows -- all the…

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8 editions
  • Ebook · English · 2008
    HarperCollins · 9780061627941
  • Paperback · English · 2005
    HarperCollins · 272 pages · 9780060836276
  • Other · English · 2008
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061627965
  • Other · English · 2008
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061660924
  • Other · English · 2008
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061627972
  • Other · English · 2008
    HarperCollins Publishers · 9780061627989
NatureNonfictionAnimal trainersZamba (Lion)LionBiographyAnimals in motion picturesCalifornia, biography