Pippa, or the spotted sphinx

Joy Adamson (1910-1980), writer, artist, naturalist, active public activity - a defender of wildlife. The author of the works born free, living free, free forever, Queen of Shebia and others. Her books written for a wide range of readers are no less valuable than the works of zoologic scientists. Scrupulously fixing all the nuances of the behavior of wild animals Kenya: Lviv, Chepadov, Leopards - she revealed a lot of new things, which scientists did not think before. Joy Adamson lovelessly loved animals, devoting to them all his leisure, without gentling for them their strength and health. And just as unless she hated all cruelty towards the beasts: hunting, circus, zoos ...
The fates of the two main characters of this book are closely intertwined. One of them is Pippa, a cheetah female. Having hitting people a newborn, she was in isolation from nature and was doomed to death, as hepardians, unlike other large feline, need special nutrition and habitat. The second main character is a tireless Joy Adamson, an extraordinary energy and the striking perseverance of which was returned to Pippu in, it would seem, forever lost Wednesday
and saved her life