Gorilla Doctors: Saving Endangered Great Apes (Scientists in the Field Series)
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0547014333
ISBN 13
9780547014333
Category
Unknown
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Publication Year
2008
Publisher
Pages
64
Abstract
32941000124063
Description
Mountain gorillas are playful, curious, and protective of their families. They are also one of the most endangered species in the world. For years, mountain gorillas have faced the threat of death by poachers. Funds raised by gorilla tourism”bringing people into the forest to see gorillashave helped protect them. This tourism is vital, but contact between gorillas and people brought a new threat to the gorillas: human disease. The Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project is a group of scientists working to save the mountain gorilla population in Rwanda and Uganda. The gorilla doctors study the effects of human exposure, provide emergency care, and act as foster parents to an orphaned gorilla. - from Amzon
Number of Copies
1
