Over two years, in the wilderness of Timbavati, near Kruger, we follow two mother leopards in their struggle to raise their cubs to adulthood. They tackle the job in very different ways. Mbali is the old lady, she's a relaxed mother and she will, for the first time in her life, successfully raise a cub to independence. Rockfig is more strict, she too will succeed but she will lose her life in the process. Both mothers need to be tender mothers and ruthless killers. In an astonishing sequence Mbali lets a warthog piglet cuddle up to her before killing it to take it back to her cub.