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Babylon's ark : the incredible wartime rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
- Title
- Babylon's ark : the incredible wartime rescue of the Baghdad Zoo / Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence.
- Author
- Anthony, Lawrence.
- Publication
- New York : Thomas Dunne Books, [2007], ©2007.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | QL76.5.I722 B342 2007 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Spence, Graham.
- Description
- 248 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "When the Iraq War began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city center and caught in the cross fire. His worst fears were confirmed when he entered Baghdad and discovered that full-scale combat and uncontrolled looting had killed many of the animals of the zoo." "But not all of them. Even during the heat of battle, individual U.S. soldiers had taken the time to help care for the remaining animals, and a few of the zoo's staff had returned to work in spite of the constant firefights. Together, the Americans and Iraqis had managed to keep alive the animals that had survived the invasion." "Babylon's Ark chronicles the zoo's transformation from war-torn chaos to peaceful park, and the heroic efforts of Anthony and others to restore the zoo's inhabitants to health and safety. Along the way, Anthony recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of Uday Hussein's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam Hussein's Arabian horses from a hidden stable in Abu Ghraib." "Anthony's unique ground-level experience makes Babylon's Ark an eye-opening story of how conservationists, soldiers, and civilians put aside their differences and worked together for the sake of the wild animals of Baghdad."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- ISBN
- 9780312358327
- 0312358326 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2006050573
- OCLC
- OCM71005893
- 71005893
- SCSB-5321737
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries