The Soviet reader fell in love with the heroes of the works of Gerald Durrell, a famous English scientist-naturalist, founder of the Jersey Zoo, where rare and rare species of animals that are in danger of extinction are collected. In the proposed book, continuing the theme of “The Menagerie Estate,” already translated into Russian, Darrell talks about the lifestyle and habits of the inhabitants of his zoo, about its replenishment and new expeditions to West Africa and Mexico.

Full of rich factual information material and written in Darrell's characteristic lively and witty manner, the book “Catch Me a Colobus” is imbued with the idea of environmental protection. It will be read with great interest by a wide range of readers.