{"product_id":"the-chimpanzee-whisperer-a-life-of-love-and-loss-compassion-and-conservation-hardcover","title":"The Chimpanzee Whisperer: A Life of Love and Loss, Compassion and Conservation - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStany Nyandwi\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDavid Blissett\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eJane Morris Goodall\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom survivor of genocide to conservation hero: A moving, heartwarming memoir about a real-life chimpanzee whisperer--now the subject of the award-winning documentary film \u003ci\u003ePant Hoot\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStany Nyandwi's gift for communicating with chimpanzees is so special that world-renowned primatologist Dr. Jane Goodall has called him a \"chimpanzee whisperer.\" His skills and devotion to these creatures--our closest living relatives, with whom we share 98.7 percent of our DNA--have earned him international awards and sent him on travels within Africa and around the world. But he began life in poverty, born and raised in a dirt-floor, straw-roofed hut in rural Burundi. \u003ci\u003eThe Chimpanzee Whisperer\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of his astonishing life journey. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt is also an African story. Receiving only an elementary education before he quit school, he suffered injustice and tragic loss because of his ethnic group. He began caring for orphaned and rescued chimps in Burundi. When the country descended into civil war and genocide, he was forced to flee with the chimps and endured long separation from his family. Continuing to work with and learn about chimpanzees in Kenya, Uganda, and later South Africa, he made himself into an incomparable authority. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHis memoir has adventure, danger, and many unique and touching stories about chimpanzees that show his bond with and understanding of them. As told to award-winning author David Blissett, it reveals a remarkable man who has refused to let circumstances defeat him. Conditioned by hate, wounded by loss, he has lived for love, faith, and compassion, giving new life, as Dr. Jane Goodall writes in her foreword, \"to so many chimpanzees whose families, like his own, were torn apart by violence.\"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eStany Nyandwi \u003c\/b\u003eis a leading chimpanzee caregiver and behavioral specialist, awarded and celebrated around the globe. He is currently the primate manager at the Jane Goodall Institute of South Africa Sanctuary, Chimp Eden. In 2019 Stany was the subject of the multi-award-winning short documentary, \u003ci\u003ePant Hoot\u003c\/i\u003e, which also features Dr. Jane Goodall. He lives in Uganda with his wife and eight children, four of whom they adopted\u003cb\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Blissett \u003c\/b\u003eis an award-winning author of fiction as well as numerous nonfiction works, including \u003ci\u003eSnake Catcher\u003c\/i\u003e, cowritten with Tony Harrison; \u003ci\u003eOur Primate Family\u003c\/i\u003e, cowritten with primate expert and conservationist Lou Grossfeldt; and \u003ci\u003eReflections of Elephants\u003c\/i\u003e, with photographer Bobby-Jo Clow. He lives in Sydney, Australia. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. Jane Goodall, DBE, \u003c\/b\u003eis world-renowned for her trailblazing work studying chimpanzee behavior in the wild. She founded the Gombe Stream Research Center in Gombe National Park, Tanzania, and the Jane Goodall Institute for Wild Life Research, Education, and Conservation and is the author of many books. Among her honors is appointment as a UN Messenger of Peace.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 22, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42159678062727,"sku":"9781950994328","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8e283722302931889695f59458ff1a65.webp?v=1733268392","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-chimpanzee-whisperer-a-life-of-love-and-loss-compassion-and-conservation-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}