Gorilla doctors : saving endangered great apes

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Title:

Gorilla doctors : saving endangered great apes

Author:

Turner, Pamela S.

Personal Author:

Turner, Pamela S.

Publication Information:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co., [2005]

Physical Description:

64 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 24 x 29 cm.

Series:

Scientists in the field

Scientists in the field.

Summary:

Mountain gorillas are one of the most endangered species in the world. Now they are facing a new threat, from the very tourism that is helping to protect them: exposure to human disease. This is the story of the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project and its work to provide medical care to the gorillas.

Language:

English

Reading Level:

910 Lexile.

Program Information:

Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 1.0 86192.

Reading Counts RC 6-8 5.9 6 Quiz: 36903 Guided reading level: X.

Subject Term:

Gorilla -- Wounds and injuries -- Rwanda -- Parc national des volcans.

Gorilla -- Diseases -- Rwanda -- Parc national des volcans.

Wildlife veterinarians -- Rwanda -- Parc national des volcans.

Gorilla -- Wounds and injuries. -- Juvenile literature.