A wildlife photographer’s last labour of love
Puppy love: Photographer Jane Burton captures a rare moment of affection between a dog and a kitten
Hello kitty: Photos like this one have now been printed in a book called A Cat’s Life
Cat nap: Jane used her skill and patience to capture her pets at the perfect moment
Along with her husband Kim Taylor, Jane adopted and raised more than 60 cats (along with their two sons) over the years at their home in Surrey.
With an incredible eye for detail and immovable patience – she sometimes waited for four hours to capture the perfect moment on camera – as well as the courage it took to fight the disease, Jane photographed her beloved pets with their similarly furry friends (puppies, squirrels and rabbits) as an antidote to her dangerous missions picturing wildlife in the field.
Give us a hug: A squirrel embraces a reluctant kitten
Bedtime: A mother cat carries her kitten in another of Jane’s enchanting shots
Furry friends: Jane, who died from cancer in 2007, raised more than 60 cats like this one throughout her life
A pioneer in her trade, Jane was one of the early women wildlife photographers to leave Britain for West Africa in 1960 – when Kim’s job as an agricultural adviser took them to Nigeria.
Together, they travelled the world and in their spare time made several documentaries, including A Cave Of Bats for ITV and Camera In The Caribbean for the BBC.
But despite having photographed wildlife worldwide, Kim says it was his wife’s ability to capture the nature and character of cats that was her greatest talent.
‘Cats are notoriously hard to photograph in the studio, but Jane managed to achieve what many photographers have been unable to do. Knowing the precise moment to press the shutter was one of her greatest talents.’
Hair-raising: Jane’s husband, Kim Taylor, said one of her greatest talents was knowing the precise moment to press the shutter
Cuddle up: A kitten befriends a rabbit in another of Jane’s photos
Tom and Jerry: This puppy has found a way to stop his kitten friend walking away
February 5th, 2009 at 6:50 pm
all these animals are of different species and breeds but still they can live together ….
why can’t we ?
February 6th, 2009 at 3:40 am
This gave me a bonner…
February 6th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Anonymous –
A comment worthy of an idiot. LEARN HOW TO SPELL!
February 6th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
Really? A bonner? You dunce, if you’re gonna make a terrible joke at least learn how to spell first.
February 6th, 2009 at 10:09 pm
same here a ragin mega boner, so hard it hurts
February 6th, 2009 at 10:20 pm
all these animals are of different species and breeds but still they can live together ….
why can’t we ?
because we have the ability to reason
February 7th, 2009 at 1:06 am
“all these animals are of different species and breeds but still they can live together ….
why can’t we ?”
because outside of these photos, the owner beat the crap out of them when they misbehaved. Back in the days when Britain had an empire, and beat the crap out of any foreigners who behaved in a way we didn’t like, most of the civilised world was like this.
Apparently that’s politically incorrect now though…
February 7th, 2009 at 1:11 am
the first comment, dude your a huge faggot. to the boner comments, you guys are retarded. to the rest of you, i think these are adorable, dont you?
February 7th, 2009 at 3:54 am
boners or no boners, can’t we all just live together?
February 7th, 2009 at 9:22 am
“all these animals are of different species and breeds but still they can live together ….
why can’t we ?”
Because you touch yourself at night. Good going there. Ruining it for the rest of us. Thanks.
February 7th, 2009 at 5:19 pm
to anonymous,
use “you’re” correctly you gook fuck
February 7th, 2009 at 7:16 pm
This made me hungry
February 7th, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Wtf most animals destroy each other when they live together, theyre even worse than humans. Each your a gay dude or a really ugly chick. Who needs some more hair to finish off that unibrow.
February 8th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
These pictures remind me the relationship that Obama has with George Bush, it’s quite amazing to be honest with you… Heartbreaking!
February 8th, 2009 at 11:33 pm
This gave me a mega BONNER! And your all terible at spelling. I go to the humane society and adopt animals when I need extra food. There isnt anething lick grilled cats and dongs.
February 9th, 2009 at 4:15 am
I want to tie all the kitten’s tails together and then light the shit on fire, then I would watch them and jack off upside so I could spray the hot load all over my face.
February 10th, 2009 at 1:35 am
who wants to go baby seal-bashing with me?
February 10th, 2009 at 3:11 am
you guys are losers
February 10th, 2009 at 8:24 am
I already had a boner from surfing a tidal wave of porn on the internet. But this gave me a different kind of boner. A peace boner..
February 10th, 2009 at 4:29 pm
he was referring to family guy. jeez all you people need to get in from outside and watch some fuckin tv
February 11th, 2009 at 2:20 am
i came
February 12th, 2009 at 5:28 am
i wanna fuck a fucking dog in the ass
February 12th, 2009 at 1:24 pm
it gave a hard on as well. i totally just jacked it. nice pictures, well taken. anyone have a towel?
February 16th, 2009 at 12:24 am
all these animals are of different species and breeds but still they can live together ….
why can’t we ?
Because most of us hate niggers.
February 16th, 2009 at 5:02 am
Ill go baby sealbashing…with my boner
February 17th, 2009 at 7:58 am
You guys really are fucking losers. Reading the comments posted here is like reading a summary of the Internet – people bitching about spelling and people admitting to beating their meat at the time of posting.