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Author:
Westoll, Andrew.
Title:
The chimps of Fauna Sanctuary : a true story of resilience and recovery / Andrew Westoll.
Edition:
1st Mariner Books ed.
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
268 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Subject:
Chimpanzees--Conservation.
Chimpanzees--Behavior.
Animal rescue.
Wildlife recovery.
Wildlife refuges.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents:
Chimphouse floor plan -- Full-moon week -- Zihuatanejo, Quebec -- Our disquieting doubles -- Blueprints of a dream -- The cage hospital -- Toby and the hoodlums -- Operation cucarachas -- Tales from the campfire -- The pressure washer -- Inner sanctuary -- War memorials -- The haunted -- The end of an era.
Summary:
"A journalist and primatologist tells the remarkable story of thirteen chimpanzees and the people who care for them at Fauna Sanctuary as they recover from the trauma of years of use as laboratory subjects and learn how to trust humans and, more importantly, how to be chimps again"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
0547737386
9780547737386
OCLC:
(OCoLC)744294507
Locations:
TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)
YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

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