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Dangerous Companions DVD
Kevin Richardson, animal behaviorist, works with some of the most dangerous animals known to man. He sleeps with lions, cuddles newborn hyenas and swims with lionesses.
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Kevin Richardson, self taught animal behaviorist, works with some of the most dangerous animals known to man. Rather then train the animals he persuades them. To do this he uses his own unusual methods. He uses, love, understanding and trust and has developed some very close bonds with these animals. He has become many things a trusted ally, the dominant male of a clan of hyenas, a brother. But most of all he is well loved and trusted by his animal friends. He sleeps with lions, cuddles newborn hyenas and swims with lionesses.
• Duration 52min
• PAL
• Genre: Documentary Wildlife and Nature
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In Search of a Legend DVD
Passion, dedication and sacrifice: A tale of one man's journey to find the elusive Black Leopard.
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The Black Leopard silent, solitary and magnificent. It has to be one of the most elusive animals in the world…and feared by all. From the cold temperatures of Europe to the hotter climates of Africa there have been reports that people have seen this infamous creature. But a small farming town called Lydenberg in the North East of South Africa has had more sightings in the last 50 years then anywhere else in the world.
‘In Search of a Legend” heads to Lydenberg to talk to the people and hopefully catch a glimpse of the Black Leopard. Meet Kevin Richardson, ‘The Leopard Man’. He has an uncanny ability to communicate with leopards and other large carnivores. Kevin’s work at the Kingdom of the White Lion brings him contact with many amazing creatures, but he has formed a unique relationship with two black leopards, Cole and Nikita. Having reached sexual maturity these two are ready to mate. It’s a moment Kevin has been waiting for. Will Nikita get pregnant and increase the number of these extremely rare animals.
His love for these animals has taken him out of the Kingdom of the White Lion and deep into the African mountains. How could so many sightings have been recorded in one small farming town in South Africa? He wants to know more. Why do they exist, how many and where? His mission is to find a black leopard but along the way he puts himself in the firing line to protect these animals from their biggest enemy-Man!
• Duration 52min
• PAL
• Genre: Documentary Wildlife and Nature
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Volunteer Project International
The Kingdom of the White Lion although primarily set up for the filming of the feature film Kevin produced called "White Lion-Home is a journey", was also set up (always in the back of our minds) as a sanctuary for all the actors featured in the film as well as other animals that he has relationships with. He hopes to eventually open this facility to the public to share these remarkable animals with others, but at this stage we are not yet open to the public.
The park is home to lion including the rare white lion, both brown and spotted hyena, black leopard, jaguar and a variety of antelope species including blue wildebeest, giraffe, impala, blesbok and nyala.
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Part of the Pride Biography: My life among the big cats of Africa.
About a year ago, film started to circulate on YouTube of a remarkable man named Kevin Richardson, an animal custodian in a South African animal park. The film showed Richardson in his day-to-day work, looking some of the world's most dangerous animals directly in the eye, crouching down at their level, playing with them and, sometimes, even kissing them on the nose--all without ever being attacked or injured. The films popularity skyrocketed and Richardson became an international sensation. In “Part of the Pride”, Kevin Richardson tells the story of his life and work, how he grew from a young boy who cared for so many animals that he was called “The Bird Man of Orange Grove” to an adolescent who ran wild and, finally, to a man who is able to cross the divide between humans and predators. As a self-taught animal behaviorist, Richardson has broken every safety rule known to humans when working with these wild animals. Flouting common misconceptions that breaking an animal’s spirit with sticks and chains is the best way to subdue them, he uses love, understanding and trust to develop personal bonds with them.
unique method of getting to know their individual personalities, what makes each of them angry, happy, upset, or irritated-just like a mother understands a child-has caused them to accept him like one of their own into their fold. Like anyone else who truly loves animals, Richardson allows their own stories to share center stage as he tells readers about Napoleon and Tau, the two male lions he calls his” brothers”; the amazing Meg, a lioness Richardson taught to swim; the fierce Tsavo who savagely attacked him; and the heartbreaking little hyena called Homer who didn’t live to see his first birthday. Richardson also chronicles his work on the forthcoming feature film
“The White Lion” and has a lot to say about the state of lion farming and hunting in South Africa today. In “Part of the Pride”, Richardson, with novelist Tony Park, delves into the mind of the big cats and their world to show readers a different way of understanding the dangerous big cats of Africa.
• Publisher: St Martin’s Press
• Publishing Date: 01 September 2009
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