Lion Heart: How a lifelong love of big cats led to an incredible lion rescue

Lion Heart is the bold and uplifting memoir of Cam Whitnall, a man whose life has been defined by extraordinary bonds with wildlife and a dramatic warzone rescue that brought five lions to safety in the UK. 'If you know what to look for, a lion’s face tells you everything.The eyes, the scars, the shape. Their faces tell the truth about survival, control and what it costs to exist in a world shaped by humans. Everything I’ve chosen to do with my life comes back to that. Because once you’ve really learned how to look at a lion, and understood the story written across its face, walking away stops being an option.'When Cam’s grandparents bought a dilapidated zoo, once known as the worst in the UK, and brought it back to life, they also created a home for their family. Cam grew up on the grounds, now known as Hertfordshire Zoo, in a bedroom overlooking the tiger enclosure.His childhood playground, where he and his brothers would play hide-and-seek after hours, was filled with endangered spe