I make this blog to remind you of a woman that should be remembered.Joy Adamson is famous for her books about the lioness Elsa and the cheetah Pippa-her wild friends that Adamson brought back to wildlife.But Joy Adamson did much more than that,she was working for the protection of wild animal species and ecology long before it was modern.And she was doing it with so much love and care that we can only envy and admire her endless caring.

When I talk about Joy Adamson I always feel I knew her.But that's not so far from truth because Joy had enormous heart that is revealed in all of her books.

Elsa, Pippa and Penny- part 3:Penny

Penny the Leopard



Joy always wanted to bring to freedom a leopard too and close the circle with all three kinds of big cats.Joy had tried it once with little Taga who died too early,when fate meet her and Penny.Penny was found after her mother had probably been killed.The little animal was brought to the park and they agreed to give her to Adamson.When Penny's bringing back to freedom was decided there was nothing left but finding her a home,after some searching this home turned out to be Shaba.Penny gave birth to two children but their names aren't mentioned because the book ends when her children are still very small. As with Elsa and Pippa's stories, Joy wanted to continue describe Penny's life (Martin Clarke the assistant of Joy says that : 'Penny was sighted three months after Joys death, still with her two grown up cubs. I like to think she lived a long and happy life...just as Joy wanted.')
 but died in a tragic accident.

The world lost a real angel when Joy Adamson died. If we measure her life in years it wasn't short,but if we measure it with her deeds and everything else she could have done it's very short indeed.I won't talk about her death much because I don't want people to talk about her death more than about her personality as they often do.This blog is dedicated to her deeds.

Joy said leopards are the most difficult to raise because even though Penny trusted her and was tender and easy to work with Joy never felt completely calm when around her.

Elsa, Pippa and Penny- part 2:Pippa

Pippa the Cheetah


After her sucess with Elsa,Joy decided to try it again with Pippa because she thought it's wrong to keep such a beautiful animal for a pet.Pippa had been found when she was 3 weeks old and had lost her mother.The little animal found a home in Danky's family who were looking after it like it was a pet.When Pippa was about 8 months old Dankys had to left Kenya and they asked Joy to take the animal because didn't want to move Pippa out of Africa.As Joy said it was a love from the first sight.A love that had its predictable end.However this time Joy was alone in her efforts because George Adamson was busy with bringing to their wild life lion prides that took a part in the movie "Born free".PIppa spent all of her wild life in Meru national park.She had babies four times-all of the children from first and third time died soon after they were born.The second time she had children she had four-Mbilly,Tatu,Whitey and Dume but he got sick and died.The fourth time she had children Pippa gave birth to one girl-Somba and three boys-Big Boy,Tiny and the third one got killed by another animal when was very young and didn't even has a name yet.Pippa hurt her leg and died in the place where they were taking care of her.Joy brought her back and buried here close to their camp,near the place where Pippa's world was.
During that time Joy had an accident and went through a few operations making everything very hard for her at times but she always put Pippa and her wild children's needs and pains before hers.
Joy never was afraid of Pippa and always trusted her and relied on her because of Pippa's calmness.