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Lucy Cooke

Lucy Cooke
Lucy Cooke is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, produced, and directed several popular documentary series for the BBC, PBS, Discovery, and National Geographic. Her first book, A Little Book of Sloth, was a New York Times bestseller. She hold an MA in zoology from the University of Oxford. Her most recent book The Truth About Animals is now out from Basic Books. She lives in London.


How Did African Hippos End Up in Colombia?

On Pablo Escobar's Failed Menagerie
April 17, 2018  By Lucy Cooke
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