Babylon's ark : the incredible wartime rescue of the Baghdad Zoo / Lawrence Anthony with Graham Spence.

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 th...

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Main Author: Anthony, Lawrence
Other Authors: Spence, Graham
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin, c2007.
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