Gorillas In Our Midst: The Story Of The Columbus Zoo Gorillas

Gorillas in Our Midst chronicles the characters and events that have made the Columbus gorilla program world renowned. From the brutal capture of the zoo's first gorillas in the rain forests of Africa to the birth and mother-rearing of a fourth generation of offspring, author Jeff Lyttle takes the reader through the triumphs and tragedies of a captive gorilla program that is on the leading edge of the effort to preserve the endangered western lowland gorilla.

• | Author: Jeff Lyttle
• | Publisher: Ohio State University Press
• | Publication Date: Mar 31, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 214 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Science
• | ISBN-10: 0814207677
• | ISBN-13: 9780814207673