Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo

of Lawrence Anthony, Graham Spence

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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 war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat and uncontrolled looting had killed nearly all the animals of the zoo.But not all of them. U.S. soldiers had taken the time to help care for the remaining animals, and 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 bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. Along the way, Anthony recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of the dictator's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam's Arabian horses. His unique ground-level experience makes Babylon's Ark an uplifting story of both sides working together for the sake of innocent animals caught in the war's crossfire.

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Book Details

Format Hardcover
Pages 256 pages
Publisher Thomas Dunne Books
Publication Date March 6th 2007
First Publication Not informed
Language English
ISBN 9780312358327
Edition Not informed
Category Non-Fiction
Scenario ['Baghdad (Iraq)']

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