Mara the Lioness the movie "Born Free") the only lion. By 1965 the park held 117 orphans of 36 species including lion, leopard, cheetahs, african buffalo, camels, hyena, jackal and wild dogs. It took many months for Mara to settle into her new home where she was affectionately known as the "friendly lioness". The Grindlays, as self-appointed guardians, remained in frequent contact. Mara had only been in the Animal Orphanage for about six months when the "Born Free" film crew arrived. They were looking for lionesses to play the part of Elsa and decided that Mara would make an ideal adult Elsa. Seventeen
The Joy of Text BBC ultimately received more than 500,000 texts over the course of the evening, breaking a record and becoming the biggest ever mass text exercise. A selection of the received text messages were compiled into an accompanying tie-in book, also titled "The Joy of Text". The book was edited by Doug Young, who had previously edited the compilation book "100 Recipes in No Time At All". "The Joy of Text" was published by Transworld Publishers, and was released on 1 July 2001. The Joy of Text The Joy of Text was a themed night of television programmes centred on text messaging,