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The Call of the Wild and Other Stories The Call of the Wild and Other Stories Jack London The call of the wild That spot In Yeddo Bay An adventure in the upper sea Charlie's coup All gold canyon To build a fire Love of life. OL144782W
Unspoken Unspoken Angela Elwell Hunt Unspoken is about a woman named Glee Granger who has adopted a gorilla, Sema, who she is teaching sign language. For eight years the zoo doesn’t really care that Glee has Sema, but after a while the… OL14852482W
The Call of the Wild The Call of the Wild Jack London As Buck, a mixed breed dog, is taken away from his home, instead of facing a feast for breakfast and the comforts of home, he faces the hardships of being a sled dog. Soon he lands in the wrong hands… OL14942956W
The Well-Being of Farm Animals The Well-Being of Farm Animals G. John Benson The Well-Being of Farm Animals: Challenges and Solutions is the first title in Blackwell Publishing Professional's groundbreaking series Issues in Animal Bioethics. This important book examines the e… OL15175910W
Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare Sarah Wolfensohn Handbook of Primate Husbandry and Welfare covers all aspects of primate care and management both in the laboratory environment and in zoos. From the welfare and ethics of primate captivity through to… OL15181543W
Randy's dandy lions Randy's dandy lions Bill Peet Five talented lions suffer from stage fright and are unable to perform their circus act. A new lion-tamer is hired. OL15411277W
Abandoned! Abandoned! Jenny Dale Neil and his family run a kennel and one night a mysterious owner leaves his dog, but will he ever return for Jessie? OL15829057W
Badger in the basement Badger in the basement Lucy Daniels While working in her parents' veterinary hospital, Mandy rescues a badger cub and finds evidence of animal mistreatment by residents in her community. OL15846638W
Loving animals Loving animals Kathy Rudy " The contemporary animal rights movement encompasses a wide range of sometimes-competing agendas from vegetarianism to animal liberation. For people for whom pets are family members--animal lovers o… OL15946808W
The great escape The great escape Jenny Dale "Did someone steal Bella for her valuable puppies? Neil thinks so, and he's determined to track down the dog-napper before it's too late..." OL16059935W
Puppy school Puppy school Jenny Dale After their teacher's troublesome Dalmatian Dotty becomes pregnant, Mr. Hamley has to bring her to school with him and asks Neil to help him keep Dotty from the attention of Mr. Grundy, the new anima… OL16070862W
Tua and the elephant Tua and the elephant R. P. Harris In Chiang Mai, Thailand, nine-year-old Tua releases an abused elephant from its chains--can she complete the rescue by getting it to an elephant refuge without being caught herself? OL16215104W
Temple Grandin Temple Grandin Sy Montgomery When Temple Grandin was born, her parents knew that she was different. Years later she was diagnosed with autism. While Temple's doctor recommended a hospital, her mother believed in her. Temple went… OL16318165W
Acting out Acting out Laurie Halse Anderson Zoe is unhappy about leaving Hollywood to live with her cousin, Maggie, and grandmother, Dr. Mac, in Ambler, Pennsylvania, while her mother is away on a film shoot, but soon gets involved in a suspec… OL16636818W
Animal rights Animal rights Kim Masters Evans This volume focuses on the social and moral issues surrounding animal rights. OL17731786W
Doglands Doglands Tim Willocks Furgal, a half-greyhound puppy, escapes a cruel dogtrack owner and sets out in the hope of finding his father and the fabled Doglands, later returning to try to free his mother, sisters, and the othe… OL17846604W
Horses get lonely too Horses get lonely too Jenny Hughes Sian has been raised on a farm with her mom. Her life is pleasant chaos, filled with lots of chores, lovely animals, especially her beautiful pony Marnie, and several rescue horses, but she's in need… OL17863519W
The twyning The twyning Terence Blacker "This is a story of courage, of sacrifice, and of survival. This is the story of a rat and a boy whose fates become inextricably linked as their two worlds collide. Eften, a bold young ratling, dares… OL18149103W
Threatened Threatened Eliot Schrefer Luc is an orphan, living in debt slavery in Gabon, until he meets a Professor who claims to be studying chimpanzees, and they head off into the jungle--but when the Professor disappears, Luc has to f… OL19707758W
To free a dolphin To free a dolphin Richard O'Barry,Keith Coulbourn Author relates a personal campaign to release captive dolphins into the wild, chronicles opposition sustained from opposing groups, and describes struggles to rehabilitate dolphins scarred from livin… OL19925095W
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