THE Lion Man was prowling around a shopping centre over the weekend.

Craig Busch, an expert big cat handler and TV star, was at The Mall Uxbridge on Saturday to sign copies of his books and DVDs.

His series, The Lion Man, which followed the development of his private wildlife park – Kingdom of Zion in New Zealand, is a world-wide smash hit.

He works tirelessly to fight for the welfare of big cats, whose existence in the wild has become threatened though poaching, deforestation and naked human greed.