A review by bookhero6
Cry of the Kalahari by Delia Owens, Mark Owens

4.0

This memoir of Delia and Mark Owens' time studying the wildlife of the Kalahari in Botswana during the 1970's is really quite fascinating. It's easy to get swept away in the breathtaking scenery of "untamed" life, especially when you've drowned in "civilization" your entire life, and forget how utterly depressing this book is, and how horrible people are, especially given how determined people in general are, forty years later, to deny science and destroy the planet.

Luckily the Owens's don't flinch on relating their struggles with people who at every turn want to destroy what they have worked so hard to study and raise awareness on, which creates such a feeling of futility.

I'm not saying don't read this book, I'm just saying, don't expect it to restore your faith in humanity.
Read it for the wonderful work the Owens's did and the relationships they built with the lion prides and hyena clans around them.