Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary A True Story of Resilience and Recovery

Name: Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary A True Story of Resilience and Recovery
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ISBN: 9780547737386

ISBN-10: 0547737386

ISBN-13: 9780547737386

Edition: 2011

Authors: Andrew Westoll

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In 1997 Gloria Grow started a sanctuary for chimps retired from biomedical research on her farm outside Montreal. For the indomitable Gloria, caring for thirteen great apes is like presiding over a maximum security prison, a Zen sanctuary, an old folks’ home, and a New York deli during the lunchtime rush all rolled into one. But she is first and foremost creating a refuge for her troubled charges, a place where they can recover and begin to trust humans again. Hoping to win some of this trust, the journalist Andrew Westoll spent months at Fauna Farm as a volunteer and vividly recounts his time in the chimp house and the histories of its residents. He arrives with dreams of striking up an…

Book details

List price: $19.99
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 5/1/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English

ANDREW WESTOLL is an award-winning journalist and the author of The Riverbones, a travel memoir set in the jungles of Suriname. Before becoming a writer, Westoll trained as a primatologist in the South American rainforest, where he studied wild troops of capuchin monkeys. He now lives in Toronto. Visit him at www.andrewwestoll.com.



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


Afterword


How You Can Help the Chimps


Further Reading


Acknowledgments