Uganda’s Dr Gladys Hits No. 1 on Amazon Books
March 9, 2024 - 2 minutes readWalking With Gorillas: The Journey of an African Wildlife Vet by Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a bestseller in the U.S., reaching No. 1 in East Africa Travel and breaking into the Top 10 of all travel books on Amazon.com.
In this enchanting memoir, 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’s also a groundbreaking promoter of human public health and an advocate for revolutionary integrated approaches to saving our planet.
Walking with Gorillas is 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 award-winning approach to reducing the impact of the COVID-19 on critically endangered mountain gorillas.
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.
If her book whets your appetite for close encounters of the primate kind, Adventure Consults offers a rare opportunity to gorilla track with Dr Gladys in Uganda’s Bwindi Impenetrable Forest
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