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The Baghdad Zoo is a 200-acre (81 ha) zoo originally opened in 1971 and located in Baghdad, Iraq, in the Al-Zawraa Park area along with the Al Zawra’a Dream Park (amusement park) and Zawra'a Tower. Before the 2003 invasion of Iraq , the zoo housed 650 animals.
Babylon's Ark, The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo (2007) is a book by South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony, with writer Graham Spence. The book tells of the struggle to save the Baghdad Zoo during the US-led Coalition invasion of Iraq .
A tiger cub at the Baghdad Zoo, which Anthony helped rescue, being given a medical check-up by US Army Doctors. Baghdad Zoo was the biggest zoo in the Middle East; however, by 8 days after the 2003 invasion, when Anthony reached the zoo on a private rescue initiative, out of the original 700 animals in the Baghdad Zoo only 35 survived owing to bombing of the zoo, looting of the animals for ...
“Oasis, Saving the Baghdad Zoo” (working title), is a feature-length animated documentary partly based on “Babylon’s Ark,” the book about a year-long rescue mission of animals abandoned ...
He provided aid for animals in Iraq’s Baghdad Zoo in 2003, [7] in Libya’s Tripoli Zoo [8] and in Cairo during the Arab Spring of 2011. [9] In 2014, he ran four rescue missions in the Gaza Strip, [10] and removed two lion cubs from the Rafah Camp in 2015. [11] The following year in the Gaza Strip he closed down the Al-Bisan Zoo [12] and the ...
Within eight days following the 2003 invasion, only 35 of the 700 animals in the Baghdad Zoo survived. This was a result of theft of some animals for human food, and starvation of caged animals that had no food or water. [12] Survivors included larger animals like lions, tigers, and bears. [12]
Pride of Baghdad is a graphic novel written by Brian K. Vaughan and illustrated by Niko Henrichon released by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint on September 13, 2006. [1] The story is a fictionalized account of the true story of four lions that escaped from the Baghdad Zoo after an American bombing in 2003 .
Babylon's Ark, The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo: Lawrence Anthony and Graham Spence: 2007: Wildlife conservation: ISBN 9781429981439: Beyond the Limits: Donella Meadows, Dennis Meadows, Jorgen Randers: 1992: Population: ISBN 0-930031-62-8: Beyond Oil: The View from Hubbert's Peak: Kenneth S. Deffeyes: 2006: Energy: ISBN ...