Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue Of The Baghdad Zoo
by Lawrence Anthony /
2015 / English / PDF
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When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could
think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the
crossfire at the heart of the city. Once Anthony entered Iraq, he
discovered that hostilities and uncontrolled looting had devastated
the zoo and its animals. Working with members of the zoo staff and
a few compassionate U.S. soldiers, Anthony defended the zoo,
bartered for food on war-torn streets, and scoured bombed palaces
for desperately needed supplies. Babylon's Ark chronicles Anthony's
hair-raising efforts to save a pride of Saddam's lions, close a
deplorable black-market zoo, run ostriches through shoot-to-kill
checkpoints, and rescue the dictator's personal herd of
Thoroughbred Arabian horses.
When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could
think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, caught in the
crossfire at the heart of the city. Once Anthony entered Iraq, he
discovered that hostilities and uncontrolled looting had devastated
the zoo and its animals. Working with members of the zoo staff and
a few compassionate U.S. soldiers, Anthony defended the zoo,
bartered for food on war-torn streets, and scoured bombed palaces
for desperately needed supplies. Babylon's Ark chronicles Anthony's
hair-raising efforts to save a pride of Saddam's lions, close a
deplorable black-market zoo, run ostriches through shoot-to-kill
checkpoints, and rescue the dictator's personal herd of
Thoroughbred Arabian horses.
