Gorillas in Our Midst: The Story of the Columbus Zoo Gorillas

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Ohio State University Press, 1997 - History - 199 pages
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.

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Gorilla Bill
11
The Celebrity Newborn
33
Watching Colo Grow
53
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