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The Fierce Lady

A newborn leopard cub named “Bibi Kali” because of her aggressive nature was entrusted into Daktari Sue’s care. Abandoned by her mother, she had a nasty tear wound across her shoulders.

Never Give Up

"Stinkie" was Daktari Sue's first wild patient in Kenya (1960's). This newborn rhino had already suffered the heartbreak of losing everything in her world that mattered most.

The Courageous Genet

Daktari Sue and Alicat the genet 24 days after the operation. Poor Ali, he had been in a very bad way indeed.

Rhino Rider

One mg of the M99 drug could stop a 4-ton rhino within some 10 minutes or even sooner. To show the world that a white rhinoceros can be made safe and still, Daktari Sue was asked if she would mind getting on a rhino’s back for a photograph.

Down but never out

Life as a vet in Africa during the 1960s was never dull. Daktari Sue was part of the ground-breaking world of the immobilisation of large animals in the wild.

Boy oh Boy

George Adamson’s favourite lion, Boy, had life-threatening injuries inflicted by a buffalo and porcupine; a six-hour operation subsequently took place. Daktari Sue accompanied a deeply asleep Boy in a light aircraft bound for Lake Naivasha.

Making Surgical History

Daktari Sue and her husband made wild animal surgical history by performing a pioneering operation on Ugas of "Born Free" fame.

Not so Whity

Joy and George discussing the condition of an injured young cheetah called Whity who was suffering from radial paralysis.

Father of Lions

George Adamson was killed 33 years ago in an ambush a few miles from his isolated camp in northern Kenya. He was on his way to pick up visitors when his Land Rover was attacked by gunfire from three Somali bandits.

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