Encounters with Animals (radio series) 259
Evans, Doreen 329–30, 332, 337, 344, 345, 358
Evans, Pat 58–9, 60, 65, 226
Evening Standard 333, 369, 503
Eyong, Elias 130–2, 247
Fabre, Henri 57, 360, 361
Fanshawe, David 241
Fantastic Dinosaur Adventure, The 568
Fantastic Flying Journey, The 551, 568
Fauna Preservation Society 243, 371, 373
Ferns, W. Paterson 396–7, 494–5, 496, 509, 521, 522, 547, 548
Ferreyra, Bebita 211
Festival of Animals 523, 526–7
Fielding, Xan and Daphne 345
Fillets of Plaice 361, 364, 369
Finney, Albert 344–5
Fisher, James 221, 266
flying squirrels 148–50
Fon of Bafut see Achirimbi II
Forde, Claude 242, 294, 335, 345
Forsyth, Jessie 262–3
Fox, George 302
Fraser, Major 264–6, 363
Frederika, Queen 338
Frink, Elizabeth 362
Gandhi, Indira 423
Garden of the Gods, The (book) 476
Garden of the Gods, The (documentary) 335,337–8, 345, 347
Gerald Durrell’s Army (Whitley) 557, 560
Glyndebourne 501–2
goitred gazelle 534–5
Golden Bats and Pink Pigeons 476, 495
Golding, Bob 236, 246, 247, 251
Gordon, Hannah 549, 552
Grace, Princess 391–3
Great Barrier Reef 353–5
Green, Peter 242
Grigson, Geoffrey 207
Grose, Peter 352, 357, 364–5, 380–1, 475, 476–7
Guardian 343, 521, 596
Guinea Pig Gus 95–6
Gulliver, Les 277
Guthrie, Sir Giles 313, 347, 363–4, 366, 376–7, 378, 379, 381
Guthrie, Lady Rhona 379, 382.
Guyer, Jeremy 598
Hagenbeck, Carl 91
Haley, Sir William 379
Hall, Doris see Durrell, Doris
Hall, Michael 512
Hamon, Geoff 600
Hanlan, Nigel 277
Hanley, James 219
Harper, Ken 350
Harris, Jonathan 506, 510, 511, 521, 522, 550–1, 592
Harris, Paula see Quigley, Paula
Hart-Davis, Rupert 204, 216, 217, 229, 157, 159–60, 164, 292, 333
Hartley, John 278, 289, 290, 291 314–15, 310–1, 324, 367, 381, 404, 405, 413, 484, 491, 493, 494, 500–1
Hepburn, Katharine 396
Hicks, Simon 408, 473, 479, 480, 485–6, 488, 509, 523, 547, 585–6, 597
Hillaby, John 206
Hogar, El 211
Honeydew, Mrs 108
House, Adrian 364
How to Shoot an Amateur Naturalist 567
Hughes, David 197, 226–7, 259, 260–1, 299–300, 361, 384–5, 397, 397–402, 405
Hunt for the Hairy Frog, The 195–7
Hunter, Dr 348–9, 487
Huxley, Sir Julian 221, 266, 308
Idiurus (pygmy flying squirrel) 148–51, 161, 162, 171
‘In the Theatre’ (poem) 59–60
In Town Tonight 208
International Council for Bird Preservation 494
International Institute of Arts and Letters 242
International Training Centre for Breeding and Conservation of Endangered Species 481–3, 523, 524, 543, 555, 556–7, 574
International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources see IUCN
International Union for the Protection of Nature 221
Irish Times 206, 513
Isaacs, Jeremy 495
Island Zoo 292
IUCN (International Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) 373, 478, 481, 516, 574
Jackson, Donald Dale 577
Jackson, Robert 172
Jamaican boas 464
Jambo (gorilla) 370, 387, 576–7, 604
Jersey, Lord 285–6 313, 334, 368, 376, 377, 380–2
Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust (JWPT) 221–2, 308–9, 313, 319, 333, 339, 363, 365, 368–82, 477, 513, 543, 553–4, 555, 562, 585, 605, 609
and captive breeding 371, 372, 373, 523, 543
creation 313
Festival of Animals 523, 526–7
International Training Centre 481–3, 523, 524, 543, 555, 556–7, 574! and Madagascar conservation 515–16
Mauritius conservation project 493–4, 563–4
Princess Anne as patron 376, 481
twenty-fifth anniversary 552–3
and WPTI 390, 391, 392–3, 424, 515, 543
see also Jersey Zoo
Jersey Zoo 267, 277–98, 305, 307–8, 314–15, 318–19, 363–5, 370–1, 374–6, 381–3, 385–7, 389, 451–3, 480, 484–5, 546, 576–7, 589–90, 605
anniversary celebrations 523–8
breeding programme 297, 341, 363, 371, 374, 382, 383, 452–3, 464, 481, 574
in crisis 305, 306, 307, 334
education programme 382
financial problems 288, 289, 291, 292, 306, 309–10, 334
fire-bombed 593
GD’s relationship with staff 484–5
growth in stature and success 414, 481, 542–3
idea for and planning 264–6, 267
opening day 279
re-introduction of animals into wild 453
veterinary work 486–7
see also Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust
Johnson, Jill 92, 93, 94–5, 96–7
Johnstone-Scott, Richard 525, 577
Jolly, Dr Alison 428
Jomen (butler) 10
Jones, Carl 494, 563, 564
Jones, Colin 481
Jones, David 271, 272, 273
Juliet 106–7
June 293
Jung, Carl 218
JWPT see Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust
Keeper 567
Kennedy, Sarah 572, 597
Kent University 555
Kestsman, Françoise 565
Knowles, Wyn 422
Krajewsky, Mr 66, 73, 226, 228
Krichefski, Senator 267
Lang, Dr Ernst 348, 370, 478
Lang, Paul 522
Langley, Lee 343
Laye, Evelyn 549
Lebed, General 530
Le Cornu, Ray 334
Le Feuvre, Brian 379
Leigh Fermor, Patrick 223
lemurs 497–8, 499, 558–60, 561
Liddelow, Denise 413
Life magazine 285
Listener 369
London Zoo 172, 184, 204, 236, 374, 575
Longnecker, Jody 424
Look at Zoos 292
Lort-Phillips, Tony 289, 311, 366
Lort-Philips, Vi 382
Lovejoy, Dr Thomas E. 388–92, 406, 424, 603
Lowes, Robert 177
McGeorge, Hal and Harriet 447, 449, 467, 515, 516, 523, 530, 532, 545, 548, 552, 566, 573, 575–6, 582, 584
McGeorge, Lee see Durrell, Lee
McKenna, Virginia 396
Mackrell, Judy 401, 402
Maclean’s Magazine 473
Macmillan, Harold 299
Madagascar 496–500, 515–16, 557–63
Madagascar Conference and Accord (1985) 500, 515–16
Madagascar teal 605
Magor, Richard 432
Malaya 304
Mallet, John ‘Shep’ 289, 339, 341, 396
Mallinson, Jeremy 278, 284, 289, 310–12, 378, 381, 392, 403–4, 466, 471, 484–5, 586, 598, 599
Mallorcan midwife toad 574
Maltby, Michael 496, 500 ‘Man of Animals, The’ 43–4
Manisses brothers 347
Marrying off Mother 568
Martin, Jean 88
Martin, Dr Robert D. 373–4
Matola, Sharon 554
Mauritius 404, 408–12, 4
63, 491–4, 496, 500–1, 543, 563–4
Maxwell, Gavin 199, 206, 342
Mayhew, Alexandra 422–3, 424, 429, 430, 431, 433. 435–6. 580–1
Medwin, Michael 344
Menagerie Manor 312
Merritt, Levan 576
Mexico 339–41
Miami Herald 476
Michael of Kent, Prince 345
Miles, Christopher 369
Miller, Henry 58, 107, 208, 220
Milligan, Spike 547–8
Mockery Bird, The 502–3
Moloney, Eileen 259, 297
Morris, Desmond 483, 572
Mortimer, Raymond 206
Morton-Saner, Anthea 567
Mungroo, Yousoof 483, 491
musk ox 539–40
My Family and Other Animals 36, 37, 70, 347, 486
accuracy of 231–2
BBC TV series 241, 549–50
proposed stage musical 298
film options 241, 344–5, 369
idea for and planning 226–8
reaction to of GD’s family 230
reviews 241–2
success 241, 330, 364, 542
writing of 228–9
My Island Tutors (radio talk) 226
Myers, Nancy see Durrell, Nancy
New Noah, The 216, 220
New Statesman 206
New York Times 342, 568
New Yorker 503
New Zealand 302–3
New Zealand Wildlife Service 563
Nicolson, Nigel 205, 238
Nielsen, Richard 397
Nightingale, Florence 300–1
Niven, David 370–1, 382, 391, 396, 512
North, Richard 489
Norton, Lesley 287
N’pongo (gorilla) 285–6, 290, 296, 298, 370, 389
Observer 262, 293
Odgers, Dick 358, 370, 397
Ogden, Dr Alan 140, 191, 194, 229, 254, 289, 315–16, 317, 405
Oka Reserve (Soviet Union) 533–4
O’Keeffe, Dr Guy 583, 588, 591, 593–4
Olav, King of Norway 544
Oliver, William 423, 424
Olney, Peter 385, 471, 479
Ourselves and Other Animals 547–8
Overloaded Ark, The 197–208, 214, 242, 247
Owadally, Wahab 409
Page, Henry 6
Page, Kay 277
Paignton Zoo 143, 215, 252
Panama 513–14
Paraguay 212–15
Park, Brian 370, 380
Parsons, Chris 298, 312, 301, 302, 320, 330, 337–8, 360–3, 594–5
Pearson, Joss 506–7
Peel, Peggy 339, 340, 401, 407–8
Pendar, Lucy 97–8
Père David’s deer 93–5
Peter (cheetah) 284
Peters, Ann 320, 328, 348, 351, 352, 408
Piccolo (monkey) 283
Picnic and Suchlike Pandemonium, The 445, 476–7
Pied Piper of Lovers (L. Durrell) 27
Pinchin, Jane Lagoudis 231
pink pigeons 409–10
Platt, Hope 320
Platt, Jimmy 309, 313
ploughshare tortoises 562–3, 566, 580
Poetry Review 217
Porter, Joan 507–8
Porteus, Hugh Gordon 108–9
Price, Richard 521
Programme for Belize 544
Prospero’s Cell (L. Durrell) 242
Prudence, Aunt 15, 566
‘Puppy Books, The’ 576
pygmy hog 402, 423, 437–8
Quennell, Peter 206
Quigley, Paula 496, 500, 501, 509, 513–14, 517, 518, 522, 592
Rabb, Dr George 574
Radley, T.B. 197
Rainier, Prince 391, 392
Rakotobearison, Germain 562
Rakotosamimanana, Madame Berthe 515, 516
Randrianavoravelona, Joseph 561
Rattner, Robert 603
Ray, Eddie 306
red-eared monkey 128
Redmayne, Darren 549
Reeves, Martha 388
Reflections on a Marine Venus (L. Durrell) 204, 208
Reid, Don 562
Rita 178–9
Roche, Penny 397
Rockefeller, Godfrey 388
Rockefeller, Margot 387–8, 391, 416–17
Rodrigue, Marie Renee 422
Rodrigues 411, 563
Roger (dog) 22, 41
Rose, Bill 396
Rose-beetle Man 41–2
Rosy is my Relative 335, 337, 350, 364
Round Island 410–11, 491–3, 563
Royal Society of Literature 370
Rubenstein, Dan 428
Rumboll, Robin 382, 481, 485
SAFE (Save Animals from Extinction) 388, 390 see also WPTI
saiga 537–8
Salmon, Tom 258–9
San Francisco Chronicle 568
Sanderson, Ivan 57–8, 234–5, 243
Sanson, Philippa 332
Sarah Huggersack (anteater) 213–14, 215, 332
Saturday Review of Literature 219
Saunders, Jim 302
Save Animals from Extinction see SAFE
Scott, Peter (friend of Leslie Durrell) 343
Scott, Sir Peter 104–5, 221, 257, 263–4, 313, 335, 371, 423, 546, 572
Seattle, Chief 527
Severn Wildfowl Trust see Wildfowl Trust
Shepherd, David 527, 554
Sheridan, Dinah 502
Sherratt, Frank 336
Sierra Leone 320–8, 329, 365
Sladen, Percy 57
Smith, Caroline (‘Moonbeam’) 285
Smith, Ken 99, 143, 145, 146, 162, 163, 168, 169, 170, 177, 179, 252, 267, 277–81, 288, 305–6, 309
Smith, Trudy 277, 305, 309
Smithsonian, The 577
Soper, Tony 261
Soviet Union 529–41
Spectator 206, 219–20
Spiro see Chalikiopoulos, Spyros
Squire, Miss 19, 20, 517
Stationary Ark, The (book) 397, 475–6, 495
Stationary Ark, The (television series) 397, 475, 494
Stearne, Samuel 6
Stephanides, Alexia 70
Stephanides, Mary 46, 48, 70
Stephanides, Dr Theodore and The Amateur Naturalist 512
on This is Your Life 517
background and character 46
death 520
departure from Corfu 69
in London 109
memorial fund 520
and My Family and Other Animals 229, 232
qualities 48
tutoring of and friendship with GD 45–6, 47–8, 51–2, 67, 79, 226
views on ecological matters 47
Stewart, James 394–6
Sunday Telegraph 521, 565, 577
Sunday Times 206, 241, 333, 342
Suschitsky, Wolf 292
Swingland, Dr Ian 555
Tabitha 16–17
Talking Parcel, The 394
Tarka the Otter (Williamson) 396
This is Your Life 516–17
Thomas, Alan 21, 23, 29, 51–2, 208, 242, 342, 520, 527, 566
Three Singles to Adventure 204, 206, 215, 216
Tibbs, Dr Christopher 589, 590–1, 594, 595, 598–9
Time and Tide 219
Times, The 381
Times Educational Supplement 331, 521
To Bafut for Beef (television series) 261, 262
Toby the Tortoise 567
Topsy (monkey) 283
Toronto Globe and Mail 521
Travers, Bill 396
Trumpy (bird) 284
Two in the Bush (book) 312, 329, 333
Two in the Bush (television series) 301–5, 312
United Africa Company 121
United Nations Environmental Programme ‘Global 500’ Award 552
Usher-Smith, Jeremy 387
van der Post, Laurens 205
Vea y Lea 211
Vevers, Geoffrey 89, 90
volcano rabbits 338–9, 33
9–41, 489
Waller, Peter 387
Washington Post 350, 476
Watt, Harry 284
Waugh, Dr David 482–3
Webb, Cecil 136, 206
Weller, Catha 307–8, 378, 381, 404
Whipsnade Zoo 89, 90–101
Whispering Land, The 292, 312
white eared pheasant 341
Whitley, Araminta 556, 557, 560
Whitley, Edward 555–7, 560, 561–2
Whitley, Herbert 143, 555
Whitley Animal Protection Trust 555
Wide World 57–8
Wiggin, Maurice 333
Wild Animal Park (San Diego) 489
Wild Animal Preservation Trust 257, 258
Wildfowl Trust 104, 105, 221, 257, 263
Wildlife Preservation Trust see Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust
Wildlife Preservation Trust Canada 397, 543
Wildlife Preservation Trust International see WPTI
Wilkinson, George 27, 29, 42–3, 45, 58, 226
Wilkinson, Pam 27
Williamson, Henry 396
Wolfenden, Jacquie see Durrell, Jacquie
Wolfenden, John Thomas 174, 182–3, 187, 189
World About Us, The 402
World Conference on Breeding Endangered Species in Captivity: (1972) 371–3, 574
(1976) 478
(1992) 574, 575
World Conservation Union 574 see also IUCN
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) 308, 373, 479, 516
WPTI (Wildlife Preservation Trust International) 390, 391, 392–3, 424, 515, 543, 603
Yani 41
Yealland, John 104–5, 106, 110, 125, 126, 135, 138, 143, 236–7
yellow baboon 128
Yorkshire Post 476
Young, Kenneth 242
Zambia 511
Zetterling, Mai 208, 361, 402
Ziegler, Philip 364, 476–7
Zodiac and Co (television series) 474–5
Zoo in my Luggage, A 271, 287–8
Zoo Packet 297–8
Zoological Society of London 88–9, 318, 377, 575
Zoological Society of Philadelphia 390
Zoos and Conservation Symposium (1965) 477–8
Zuckerman, Professor Lord 478–9, 480
About the Author
GERALD DURRELL
Douglas Botting is a writer and biographer whose previous books reflect his interest in travel, exploration and wild places. After reading English at Oxford, he accompanied scientific and filming expeditions to Southern Arabia, the Sahara, the Amazon, Mato Grosso and Arctic Siberia. He became a full-time writer with the publication of his highly-praised biography of the German explorer-naturalist Alexander von Humboldt (Humboldt and the Cosmos), and subsequently wrote two further biographies – Hitler’s Last General (with Ian Sayer) and the life of otter-man Gavin Maxwell, hailed by Sir David Attenborough as ‘wonderfully written and very penetrating and understanding – an extraordinary story’.