Letters Written by Joy Adamson - 1976-1979

The letters on THIS page are letters written by Joy in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
These rare letters are in chronological order.
The oldest letters are presented first.

*Letter written in 1976,   January 26th

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*Letter written in 1976,   March 20th

*Letter written in 1976,    Aug. 16th

1977 - NONE

*Letter written in 1978,   January 8th

*Letter written in 1978,   March 6th

*Letter written in 1979,   January 21st

*Letter written in 1979,    June 10th

*Letter written in 1979,    Aug.  8th
This is the last known letter written to the person named Bonnie before Joy was murdered.
She talks lovingly of Penny the Leopard and young male Leopard she was helping.
You can read about Penny in Joy's last book, QUEEN OF SHABA.(See book section on this site.)

*The following is a letter to a person named Annette. Written in 1979,  December 27th.
This is the last known letter written by Joy Adamson before she was brutally
and viciously murdered on the 3rd of January 1980 by an employee discharged for theft.

The world lost a valuable, productive person who devoted herself to the cause of
conservation. The animals lost an avid spokesperson when she was murdered.

Photo:  Joy with Elsa and her siblings Lustica and Big One

IN MEMORY OF JOY ADAMSON....
A great conservationist, superbly talented artist and writer and
an exceedingly generous contributor to the cause of wildlife conservation.
Joy Adamson should be remembered for her dedicated work for wildlife
and the generosity she showed by donating the vast majority of her earnings
to help wildlife and preserve their habitat.