Chimps Of Fauna Sanctuary

Winner of the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Fiction Finalist for the B.C. National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the Edna Staebler Prize for Creative Non-Fiction and a Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year National Bestseller One magical summer, primatologist and author Andrew Westoll lived and worked at the Fauna Sanctuary, a refuge for thirteen chimpanzees rescued from a medical research lab. The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary is Westoll's vivid account of his adventures as a volunteer caregiver in the chimphouse and a heart-wrenching biography of its residents. Through Westoll's eyes, we witness the chimps' remarkable recovery first-hand. Simple things like establishing friendships, nurturing alliances, grooming one another and playing games of tickle-chase are all poignant testament to the capacity of these animals to heal--and to learn how to be chimps again.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Andrew Westoll
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 10.04.2012
• EAN: 9781554686506
• ISBN: 978-1-55468-650-6
• Seiten: 304
• Abmessung: 135 mm x 203 mm x 17 mm
• Themen: Zoology: primates (primatology), NATURE: General, NATURE: Animals / Primates