PRINCE OF CATS. The Leopard. By Arjan Singh

Published by Jonathan Cape, 1982 (first edition).

Hardcover with dustcover, 192 pages. Very good condition.  

The leopard is the prima ballerina of the Great Cats, a supreme athlete, a wonderful tree-climber, the most beautiful killer in creation. Yet this lovely animal has been so ruthlessly preyed on by big-game hunters and poachers that in many countries it is now seriously endangered. It was this fact that led Arjan Singh, the celebrated Indian wildlife expert, to attempt the extraordinary experiment described in this book. Living in the north of Uttar Pradesh, on the border with Nepal, and seeing how the local leopard population had dwindled almost to nothing, he determined to find out whether it would be possible to bring up a leopard cub in his house and return it to the jungle.