Lawrence Anthony, Baghdad Zoo Savior, Dies at 61

Suki Dhanda

Lawrence Anthony in South Africa in 2009. He helped set up game reserves to protect animals.
Lawrence Anthony, who abandoned a career in insurance and real estate to play Noah to the world’s endangered species, most spectacularly in rushing to the smoldering Baghdad Zoo after the American invasion of Iraq in 2003, died on March 2 in Johannesburg. He was 61.
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