Mara the Lioness domesticated dog. Along with animal lovers, naturalists and experienced game wardens, they held the belief that integration back into the wild would harm Mara, rather than benefit. Mara did not fear man and indeed went out of her way to approach and play. This posed an enormous risk to her safety. In addition, release into the wild would place Mara and the other lionesses at risk of contracting "Babesia". Domesticated animals have no resistance to the fatal disease, a fact which George and Joy Adamson knew. Their lion Elsa had died of the same disease not less than two years
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,