Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue Of The Baghdad Zoo

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When the Iraq war began conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing the fate of the Baghdad Zoo located in the city centre & caught in the war's crossfire Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat & uncontrolled looting had killed nearly all the animals of the zoo But not all of them US soldiers had taken the time to help care for the remaining animals & the zoo's staff had returned to work in spite of the constant fire fights Together the Americans & Iraqis managed to keep alive the animals that had survived the invasion Babylon's Ark chronicles the zoo's transformation from bombed-out rubble to peaceful park Along the way Anthony recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of the dictator's lions close a deplorable black-market zoo & rescue Saddam's Arabian horses His unique ground-level experience makes Babylon's Ark an uplifting story of both sides working together for the sake of innocent animals caught in the war's crossfire