Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781648212383)

Vendor: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
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Format: Paperback
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Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet

$18.00

Walking with Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet

$18.00
Format: Paperback
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An Inspiring Memoir, for Fans of Jane Goodall, Dian Fossey, and Frans De Waal

In her enchanting memoir, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka, Uganda's first wildlife veterinarian, tells the remarkable story from her animal-loving childhood to her career protecting endangered mountain gorillas and other wild animals. She is also the defender of people as a groundbreaking promoter of human public health and an advocate for revolutionary integrated approaches to saving our planet. In an increasingly interconnected world, animal and human health alike depend on sustainable solutions. Dr. Gladys has developed an innovative approach to conservation among the endangered Mountain Gorillas of Bwindi Impenetrable Forest and their human neighbors.

Walking with Gorillas takes the reader on an incredible personal journey with Dr. Gladys, from her early days as a student in Uganda, enduring the assassination of her father during a military coup, to her veterinarian education in England, to establishing the first veterinary department for the Ugandan government and founding one of the first organizations in the world that enables people to coexist with wildlife through improving the health and well-being of both.

In the face of discrimination and a male-dominated world, one woman's passion and determination to build a brighter future for the local wildlife and human community offers inspiration and insights into what is truly possible for our planet when we come together.

Author: Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
ISBN-10: 1648212387
ISBN-13: 9781648212383
Publisher: Arcade Publishing
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2026
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
By Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
By Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka
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2022 Edinburgh Medal recipient, National Geographic Explorer, and winner of the Sierra Club Earthcare Award, Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka has been a lifelong champion of wildlife, from the early days of looking after stray animals at home, to setting up a wildlife club at school. As an African woman growing up in a male-dominated society, she found the determination and courage to overcome the many obstacles to her gender to become Uganda's first wildlife vet, treating the critically endangered mountain gorillas of Bwindi National Park. From there, she founded her nonprofit, Conservation Through Public Health; a systems-changing policy making human health a priority to assure the health of wildlife; and a social enterprise, Gorilla Conservation Coffee, to protect endangered gorillas, create health and prosperity for the local human communities, and be a caretaker for our planet. She lives outside Kampala, Uganda, with her husband and sons.

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