The extraordinary childhood of the girl who grew up with African animals

The extraordinary childhood of the girl who grew up with African animals

The extraordinary childhood of a real life Mowgli, who grew up among leopards and elephants in the African bush has been charted in a series of pictures taken by her mother.

By Richard Savill

Telegraph.co.uk, UK: 12 November 2008

Tippi Degre grew up amongst some of the country's most dangerous animals, echoing the adventures of Rudyard Kipling's fictional character in The Jungle Book. For 10 years her "brother" was an elephant, her best friend was a leopard, and her playground was the African desert.

While Mowgli was lost by her British parents in the Indian jungle, and was raised by a pack of wolves, Tippi had a nomadic upbringing, living in tented camps in the African desert. The family spent 10 years travelling in a 4x4 vehicle in Botswana, Namibia, and South Africa.
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