The inner sanctum of the tigers was a maze of cages with a narrow galley connecting them. Caretakers stood in the galley when checking or interacting with the animals. Three large spaces, separated by steel rods had a door at...

When I was at university completing my postgraduate diploma in broadcast journalism, my final project required a trip to London. Specifically the London Zoo.  I was researching the breeding of tigers in captivity by conservationist zoological societies. I wanted to...

They stood like sentinels in a cage in the kitchen. Various sized bottles holding marriages of sweet, briny, smooth, nutty, fruity, garlic, vegetable, prawn and any other flavour imaginable. Tall and sleek, squat with a dimpled round surface, boxy but...

She is three times her size when we meet. Grown fat and slow with the passage of time. I enter slowly, unsure about this place I called home for nine years, unsure about how she will react to seeing me....