HUGGING THE CHIMPS

Hugging The Chimps Is Thefascinating Story Of A Woman Who Ventures To Burundi In Central Africa To Fulfill Her Life-Long Dream: Tolive With Chimpanzees And Experience First-Hand What They Are Really Like. Inthe Midst Of A Brutal Civil War That Devastates The Country And Claims Thelives Of Two Fellow Workers At The Jane Goodallinstitute She Provides Tender Loving Care To A Large Group Of Orphanedchimpanzees Who Have Been Rescued From Poachers And Pet Traders. Life With The Chimpanzees Is Notall Joy. The Frisky Youngsters Frequently Attack And Bite Fellow-Apes Andcaretakers. A Baby Chimp Is Stillborn. A Powerful Escaped Male Launches A Nearfatal Assault On One Of The Keepers. Other First-Hand Accounts Include Trips Tobleak Refugee Camps Visits To An Orphanage For Children From Rwanda And A Weekend Spent Tracking Wild Chimpanzees Through The Forest. As The Author Gets To Know Hercharges Intimately Her Life-Long Fascination With Chimpanzees Turns Into Truelove Of The Creatures Who Have More Than 98% Of Theirgenes In Common With Man. This Is An Inspiring Andinformative Story That Will Delight All Readers Especially Those Who Loveanimals And Tales Of Travel And Adventure.