Sophie's Story: Raising a Chimp in the Family - Rilegato

Smith MSc, Vince

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0749950013 ISBN 13: 9780749950019

Casa editrice: Piatkus Books, 2003

Riassunto

In 1990, while Vince Smith was working as a senior keeper at Chester Zoo, a newborn chimpanzee in his care was abandoned by her mother. Named Sophie, the baby chimp was taken home and hand-reared by Vince and his wife. Six months later another new baby arrived: Oliver, their son. Sophie's Story is an enthralling account of Sophie's life, taking readers on an emotional journey through her early years in the English countryside with Vince and his family; her traumatic removal from the family she adored into a captive zoo world; her repatriation to Africa and eventual reunion with her human foster family; and, finally, her integration into a semi-wild group of chimpanzees. Other accounts have been written about pet animals reared in people's homes, but this book is different: Sophie wasn't a pet. A highly personal narrative centred on a chimpanzee raised with human foster parents. Describing in detail the parallel upbringing of an infant chimp and a human child, it is an inspirational story that provides fascinating insights into the nature of our closest-living relatives - and indeed ourselves.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Piatkus Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0749950013
• ISBN 13: 9780749950019
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 224