The Menagerie Memoirs: A Tryst with Wildlife at Home

Imagine this: the Queen of the Jungle struts about within the concrete walls of the city. Sounds impossible? Read all about Sheeba, the lioness, who stayed as a royal guest, with this animal-loving family. Sheeba’s antics - be it playing hide-and-seek and acting like a watch dog at the gates, or sleeping with family on the mattress - will definitely bring a smile to your face. Who said that wild animals do not like to be in captivity? If looked after well, many wild animals prefer to stay in captivity and in fact come back to their enclosures even when given freedom.

Do you think you could survive a Cobra bite without treatment? Possibly! Read about how the author himself became a victim of a Cobra bite and survived to tell the tale.

Have you ever put your hand deep inside the mouth of a lioness to retrieve a piece of bone stuck in her palate?

Have you had the privilege of taking a bear for a walk?

Have you ever witnessed a primate and a canine getting along? Well, read on to know how a monkey carried a pup as one of her own, for days together, and the stories of many, many wild animals.