The true and hilarious story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife set up their own zoo in Jersey. Journeying to the Cameroons in West Africa, Gerald and his wife, helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut, managed to collect many animals, or 'plenty beef'. Their difficulties began, however, when they found themselves back at home with Cholmondely the chimpanzee, Bug-eye the bush-baby, and other founder-members of the zoo - and nowhere to put them!