Chimps Of Fauna Sanctuary book cover

Award-Winning Primate Story

Nature Writing & Wildlife

Chimps Of Fauna Sanctuary

by Andrew Westoll

Winner of the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Finalist for the B.C.


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About the book

National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the Edna Staebler Prize for Creative Non-Fiction. A Globe and Mail Best Book of the Year. National Bestseller. One magical summer, primatologist and author Andrew Westoll lived and worked at the Fauna Sanctuary, a refuge for thirteen chimpanzees rescued from a medical research lab. The Chimps of Fauna Sanctuary is Westoll's vivid account of his adventures as a volunteer caregiver in the chimphouse and a heart-wrenching biography of its residents. Through Westoll's eyes, we witness the chimps' remarkable recovery first-hand. Simple things like establishing friendships, nurturing alliances, grooming one another and playing games of tickle-chase are all poignant testament to the capacity of these animals to heal—and to learn how to be chimps again.

Book details

Published by HarperCollins Canada

Paperback ISBN: 9781554686506 10 Apr 2012