When acclaimed author Deni Bechard first learned of the last living bonobosmatriarchal great apes that are, alongside the chimpanzee, our closest relatives in the animal kingdomhe was completely astonished. How could the world possibly accept the extinction of this majestic species?
Bechard discovered one relatively small NGO, the Bonobo Conservation Initiative (BCI), which has done more to save bonobos than many far larger organizations. Based on the author s extensive travels in the Congo and Rwanda, this book explores BCI's success, offering a powerful, truly postcolonial model of...