The son of a zookeeper is stranded on a 26-ft. lifeboat with zebra, hyena & tiger in this 2002 book
Ocean, 
trapped on a 26-foot lifeboat with a wounded zebra, a spotted hyena, a seasick 
orangutan, and a 450-pound Bengal tiger ... On one level, the book is a 
suspenseful adventure story, a demonstration of how extreme need alters a 
man's character [DOC] [TLE] Life of Pi Summary - eNotes.com [PAR] In Life of Pi, Piscine ("Pi") grows up the son of a zookeeper in India.