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⚡️Book Title : Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
⚡Book Author : Lawrence Anthony
⚡Page : 256 pages
⚡Published March 6th 2007 by Thomas Dunne Books
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo - 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. soldiershad takenthe time to helpcare for the remaining animals, and thezoo's staff had returned to work in spite of theconstant firefights. Together theAmericans and Iraqis had managed to keepalive the animals that had survived the invasion. Babylon's Ark chronicles the zoo'stransformationfrom bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. Along the way, Anthony recounts hair-raising efforts to savea pride of the dictator's lions,closea deplorable black-market zoo, andrescue Saddam's Arabian horses.His unique ground-levelexperience makesBabylon's Ark an uplifting story ofboth sides working together for the sake of innocent animals caught in the war's crossfire.
Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
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. soldiershad takenthe time to helpcare for the remaining animals, and thezoo's staff had returned to work in spite of theconstant firefights. Together theAmericans and Iraqis had managed to keepalive the animals that had survived the invasion. Babylon's Ark chronicles the zoo'stransformationfrom bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. Along the way, Anthony recounts hair-raising efforts to savea pride of the dictator's lions,closea deplorable black-market zoo, andrescue Saddam's Arabian horses.His unique ground-levelexperience makesBabylon's Ark an uplifting story ofboth sides working together for the sake of innocent animals caught in the war's crossfire.
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