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Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
c2017
Physical Desc
112 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the facts about animal rights, with information about arguments and opinions from around the globe. Includes chapters on animals raised for food, animals and medical research, and animals and entertainment.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023
Physical Desc
xviii, 283 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From a pioneer of the regenerative agriculture movement, a memoir-meets-manifesto on betting the farm on a better future for our food, animals, land, local communities, and our climate. Featured in Food and Country, premiering at Sundance 2023. Raised as a fourth-generation farmer, when Will Harris inherited White Oak Pastures he was a full-time commodity cowboy who played hard and fast with every tool the system offered - chemicals, antibiotics,...
Author
Publisher
Plume
Pub. Date
2019
Physical Desc
vii, 325 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From Kitten Lady, the professional kitten rescuer, humane educator, animal advocate, and owner of the popular Instagram kittenxlady comes the definitive book on saving the most vulnerable--and adorable--feline population: newborn kittens.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the work of animal control officers that answer emergency calls about dangerous or stray animals and explore cases of animal cruelty.
5) Gray wolves
Author
Publisher
Rourke Pub
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
Updated for 2020, beautiful photos and text examine the issues endangered gray wolves face and how they can be saved.
Author
Publisher
Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : ill. ; 23 x 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
The true story of Ivan, known as the Shopping Mall Gorilla, who lived alone in a small cage for almost 30 years before being relocated to the gorilla habitat at Zoo Atlanta.
8) Bred to kill
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this sequel to Syndrome E, Lucie Henebelle and Inspector Sharko have reunited to take on the case of the brutal murder of Eva Louts, a promising graduate student who was killed while working at a primate research center outside Paris.
10) Goats of anarchy
Author
Publisher
Rock Point
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
144 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Goats of anarchy takes the reader on a tour of Leanne Lauricella's goat rescue farm where special needs goats can heal, grow, and butt heads to their hearts' content.
11) Fight for life
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
With the help of her veterinarian grandmother and the other volunteers at the Wild at Heart Animal Clinic, eleven-year-old Maggie rescues sick puppies from an illegal puppy mill.
12) The possibility dogs: what a handful of "unadoptables" taught me about service, hope, and healing
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
A tour of the psychiatric service dog industry traces the author's work with unwanted shelter dogs before matching them with people in need, documenting her own partnership with a search canine while sharing uplifting success stories.
Author
Publisher
Catapult
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this masterful hybrid of nature writing and cultural studies, the author investigates our connection with deer, from mythology to biology, offering a unique and intimate perfective on a very human relationship while inviting us to contemplate the paradoxes of how we interact with and shape the natural world.
Author
Publisher
Albatros Media
Pub. Date
2022
Physical Desc
87 pages.
Language
English
Description
In this book, award-winning poet Radek Malý tells the stories of forty-one extinct species and studies the causes of their sad demise. The large-format Atlas of Extinct Animals is supplemented with beautifully expressive full-page illustrations by gifted artist Jirí Grbavcic and detailed pictures by renowned scientific illustrator Pavel Dvorský. The gorgeous, detailed depictions and descriptions of species and their fates can only serve as a reminder...
15) Animalkind: remarkable discoveries about animals and revolutionary new ways to show them compassion
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2020
Edition
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
x, 294 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
From the co-founder and president of PETA, Ingrid Newkirk, and bestselling author Gene Stone comes Animalkind, a book that offers both a tour of the wonderful world of animals and a guide to simple ways in which we can reduce the harm we cause them in our everyday lives.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Description
With her fledgling horse ranch, Hope Reins, in dire financial trouble, the last thing Kim Tschirret needed was one more problem. But when she met Joey, who had been abandoned, neglected and malnourished to the point of blindness, she saw in him the same God-given potential she saw in every abused and abandoned child her ministry was created to save.
17) Silent bite
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are finding that all is not calm or bright in Silent Bite, the latest Christmas mystery in this heartwarming series from bestselling author David Rosenfelt. Lawyer Andy Carpenter can finally take a breath; he's back on dry land after a family Caribbean cruise forced on him by his wife, Laurie, to get into the Christmas spirit. Of course the family's first stop is to the Tara Foundation, the dog rescue...
18) Shiloh
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
When he finds a lost beagle in the hills behind his West Virginia home, Marty tries to hide it from his family and the dog's real owner, a mean-spirited man known to shoot deer out of season and to mistreat his dogs.
Author
Publisher
Hi Jinx
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
24 pages.
Language
English
Description
Deer pee collector. Zookeeper. These animal care jobs are gross, but someone has to do them! Let readers explore these and other awesome, disgusting jobs that keep their world running smoothly through witty, conversational text, a stunning design, fun facts that add additional context, and critical thinking questions that encourage readers to take key concepts one step more.
20) Strays like us
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2018
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 9
Physical Desc
313 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Winifred is being fostered by the eccentric Margery Dawson while her mother is dealing with addiction problems.She is determined not to form any attachments to anybody, until the condition of Toby, the abused dog next door, captures first her attention and then her heart. Somehow it becomes increasingly difficult to stay detached from the people who are helping her.