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Gorilla doctors : saving endangered great apes / Pamela S. Turner. |
| Authors: | Turner, Pamela S. |
| Call number: | j599.884 TUR |
| Publisher: | Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., 2005. |
| Publication date: | 2005. |
| Subject: |
Gorilla -- Wounds and injuries -- Rwanda -- Parc national des volcans.
Gorilla -- Diseases -- Rwanda -- Parc national des volcans. Wildlife veterinarians -- Rwanda -- Parc national des volcans. Juvenile literature. Parc national des volcans (Rwanda) |
| Series title: | Scientists in the field |
| Title: | Gorilla doctors : saving endangered great apes / Pamela S. Turner. |
| Physical description: | 64 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 24 x 29 cm. |
| Summary note: | Mountain gorillas are one of the most endangered species in the world. Now they are facing a new threat, from the very tourism that is helping to protect them: exposure to human disease. This is the story of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and its work to provide medical care to the gorillas. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 62). |
| ISBN: | 0618445552 |
| LCCN: | 2004009213 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1014277 |
| Bib No.: | 1014277 |