Title:
Kindred beings : what seventy-three chimpanzees taught me about life, love, and connection / Sheri Speede.
Author:
Speede, Sheri.
Publication Information:
[San Francisco] : HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2014.
Call Number:
QL737 .P96 S635 2014
Abstract:
When female chimpanzee Dorothy died in a Cameroon wildlife sanctuary, a YouTube video of Dr. Speede cradling her head while her family viewed her body demonstrated that animals experience complex emotions. In this touching memoir, Speede memoralizes Dorothy's forgiving nature; highlights the endangered status of the apes; and shares her struggle to save them from extinction.
Edition:
First HarperCollins pbk. ed.
ISBN:
9780062132499
Physical Description:
viii, 262 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Contents:
Road to Cameroon -- Commitment -- At the Atlantic Beach Hotel -- Mean streets -- The Mbargue Forest -- Shackled -- The village -- Nothing works, but it all works out -- Forced seizure -- Who's the boss? -- Fateful alliances -- Challenges on my side of the fence -- Pregnancy and motherhood -- Dorothy finds her strength -- The unspeakable -- Heroes -- Necessary trade-offs -- Farewell to our sassy girl -- Dorothy's legacy.
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