You're crazy ... She'll take over and shove us out. I can just see this place in winter: no carpets, acres of wet newspaper underfoot, family huddled under blankets while the pig hogs the fire.' Richard and Bookey Peek hadn't planned on a warthog, any more than one would plan a tidal wave, a tornado or triplets, but on Stone Hills game sanctuary, natural disasters have a way of happening when you least expect them. Through Zimbabwe's darkest hours, Stone Hills has become a world in itself, a place where you might share your shower with an owl or your bed with a baby squirrel. Take a fresh look at the hospitality game with a couple whose crocodiles are named after unpopular guests. And follow the barefoot young David and his playmate, the warthog Poombi, as she relinquishes her...
Bookey Peek's family lived on Stone Hills Wildlife Sanctuary in the Matobo Hills for many years. They raised and rehabilitated numerous different animals, from birds to badgers, but unless they were unable to fend for themselves, every one of them was returned to live out their lives on the 6.500 unspoiled acres of granite koppies they called home. Her husband Richard is a professional photographer and together with their four books, and the latest, a children's book, called Mad Monkey and the Wildfire, they have tried to capture the spirit and the magic of this beautiful place, and to record their memories of the animals with whom they shared their lives.
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