Empty Hands, Open Arms: The Race to Save Bonobos in the Congo and Make Conservation Go Viral

by Deni Ellis Béchard

Book Overview

When acclaimed author Deni B?chard first learned of the last living bonobos--matriarchal great apes that are, alongside the chimpanzee, our closest relatives in the animal kingdom--he was completely astonished. How could the world possibly accept the extinction of this majestic species?

B?chard discovered one relatively small NGO, the Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI), which has done more to save bonobos than many far...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1571313400
• ISBN13: 9781571313409
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Milkweed Editions
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.1"