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In an unnamed country on the northern coast of South America, a scientist named Stanley is deeply embedded in the life of the rainforest where he's been studying a group of capuchin monkeys. The country is preparing for a hotly contested election, and rumours abound of a rebellion stirring in the jungle. Suddenly Stanley's research is violently threatened. Something is killing the monkeys. Stanley decides to take matters into his own hands, but soon...
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Andrew Westoll spent months at Fauna Sanctuary, a refuge for thirteen chimps rescued from a research lab, as a volunteer caregiver. In The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary, Westoll vividly recounts his adventures in the chimp house and the heart-wrenching histories of its residents. He arrives with dreams of striking up an immediate friendship with the legendary Tom, a father figure to the rest of the chimps. Tom proves the greatest teacher to the indomitable...
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HarperCollins Canada
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In 1997, Gloria Grow started a sanctuary for chimps retired from biomedical research on her farm outside Montreal. Journalist Westoll spent months at Fauna Sanctuary as a volunteer, and in this book he vividly recounts his time in the chimp house and the histories of its residents. Brimming with empathy and winning stories of Gloria and her charges, "The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary" is an absorbing, big-hearted book.