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Chronicles the Baghdad zoo's transformation from bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. This title recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of the dictator's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam's Arabian horses.

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"* "Terrific tale about how Iraqis, a South African conservationist and American soldiers saved the animals of the Baghdad Zoo... A wartime story with a joyful ending."... Kirkus Reviews"

Babylons Ark The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the

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    A Paperback / softback by Graham Spence, Lawrence Anthony

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      Publisher Griffin Publishing
      Published 8 July 2008
      ISBN-13 9780312382155
      978-0312382155
      ISBN-10 0312382154
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      Natural History Zoos, aquariums, safari and wildlife parks

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Chronicles the Baghdad zoo's transformation from bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. This title recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of the dictator's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam's Arabian horses.

      Trade Review
      "* "Terrific tale about how Iraqis, a South African conservationist and American soldiers saved the animals of the Baghdad Zoo... A wartime story with a joyful ending."... Kirkus Reviews"

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