Can I read The chimps of Fauna Sanctuary : a true story of resilience and recovery on EtoBox?

The chimps of Fauna Sanctuary : a true story of resilience and recovery by Andrew Westoll [Westoll, Andrew] is a science book available to read on EtoBox.

What is The chimps of Fauna Sanctuary : a true story of resilience and recovery about?

The “moving” true story of a woman fighting to give a group of chimpanzees a second chance at life (People). 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, journalist Andrew Westoll spent months at Fauna Farm as a volunteer, and in this “incisive [and] affecting” book, he vividly recounts his time in the chimp house and the histories of its residents (Kirkus Reviews). He arrives with dreams of striking up an immediate friendship with the legendary Tom, the wise face of the Great Ape Protection Act, but Tom seems all too content to ignore him. Gradually, though, old man Tommie and the rest of the “troop” begin to warm toward Westoll as he learns the routines of life at the farm and realizes just how far the chimps have come. Seemingly

Who reads The chimps of Fauna Sanctuary : a true story of resilience and recovery?

Author

Andrew Westoll [Westoll, Andrew]

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9780547327808

Category

science

Subjects

Agriculture, Fiction, Science

Rating

4.33 / 5 (628 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14