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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Through engaging text and stunning photographs, Turner delivers a gripping tale of science, nature, and the conservation of life as she follows the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, a group working to save the gorilla population of Rwanda and Uganda. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Mountain gorillas are playful, curious, and protective of their families. They are also one of the most endangered species in the world. For years, mountain gorillas have faced the threat of death by poachers. Funds raised by "gorilla tourism"--bringing people into the forest to see gorillas--have helped protect them. This tourism is vital, but contact between gorillas and people brought a new threat to the gorillas: human disease. The Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project is a group of scientists working to save the mountain gorilla population in Rwanda and Uganda. The gorilla doctors study the effects of human exposure, provide emergency care, and act as foster parents to an orphaned gorilla.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Veterinarians in east central Africa who " make house calls& mdash; or rather, forest calls" to mountain gorillas are the focus of this entry in the excellent Scientists in the Field series."<br><br>"Veterinarians in east central Africa who " make house calls— or rather, forest calls" to mountain gorillas are the focus of this entry in the excellent Scientists in the Field series."<br><br>"Excellent photographs prominently feature the scientists at work (predominantly women and people of color in scientific roles) as well as the photogenic gorillas." --Horn Book, starred<br><br>"Veterinarians in east central Africa who "make house calls--or rather, forest calls" to mountain gorillas are the focus of this entry in the excellent Scientists in the Field series."<br><br>The readable text records their efforts to treat the great apes in the field as they encounter poachers, meet with loss of habitat, and face their newest threat: human diseases that can cross species lines. . . . The whole is accompanied by striking, full-color photographs and includes a list of other resources, a postscript, and an index."<br>

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