Nakuru National Park in Kenya is rather like a reform centre for wayward youth. Take Scarface: as a young lioness with a reputation for killing sheep and cattle, she was due to be shot. Instead, she was chosen to establish a new pride in Nakuru. Wildlife film-maker Barbara Tyack chronicles the life of this special lion family with a weakness for climbing trees. Fabulous camerawork captures great chase sequences, some gory ones, and the odd romance
Director: Barbara Tyack
Writers: Caroline Brett
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A winning story (read the synopsis) narrated wonderfully with zero phony drama. The problem these Bad Cat girls face is inbreeding. The Park is enclosed by an “electric fence that can repel a rhino”. Nobody gets in, nobody gets out. Supposedly. I imagine if an animal walked up to…
