Durrell. He also brought out his first novel in 2004 - The Count's Cats - which was received favourably by the media. During his forty-two year career in zoos and conservation he travelled extensively in Africa, Asia and South America. In the course of his work he reared a lioness and a cheetah outside the auspices of the Durrell Wildlife Park. He has served on various national and international committees of governmental and non-governmental organisations as well as having been on a number of editorial boards. During his professional career he has presented papers at conferences in 20 different countries. Mallinson died on 2 February 2021, aged 83. Bibliography Okavango Adventure: In Search of Animals in Southern Africa, David and Charles Group, (1973), Earning Your Living with Animals, David and Charles Group, (1975) The Shadow of Extinction: Europe's Threatened Wild Mammals (illustrated by Don Cordery), Macmillan, (1978) The Facts About a Zoo: Featuring the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust (photographs by Al Vandenburg), Carlton Books, (1980), Travels in Search of Endangered Species, David and Charles Group, (1989), The Count's Cats, Llumina Press, (2004), The Touch of Durrell', Book Guild Publishing, (2009), Updated paperback edition (2018), Les Minquiers~Jersey's Southern Outpost, Seaflower Books, (2011), Someone Wishes To Speak To You'', Book Guild Publishing, (2014), Edited Such Agreeable Friends: Adventures with Animals, Universe Books, (1977), Modern Classic Animal Stories, David and Charles Group, (1977), "Durrelliania": An Illustrated Checklist of Inscribed Books of Lawrence Durrell and Gerald Durrell and Associated Publications, Letters and Notes in the Library of Jeremy J.C. Mallinson, Privately printed first edition, (1999), other edition References 1937 births 2021 deaths English naturalists English conservationists 21st-century English novelists English male non-fiction writers Officers of the Order of the British Empire Zookeepers English male novelists 21st-century English male writers