The son of a zookeeper is stranded on a 26-ft. lifeboat with zebra, hyena & tiger in this 2002 book
[DOC] [TLE] Life of Pi | Atlantic County Library System [PAR] The son of a zookeeper, Pi Patel has an encyclopedic knowledge of animal ... 
alone in a lifeboat, his only companions a hyena, an orangutan, a wounded 
zebra, and ... 26-foot-long raft, using all his knowledge, wits and faith to keep 
himself alive.