Veterinarian Dave Perrin is building his dream home in the peaceful community of Lister, B.C., and puts in overtime to deal with some of the most improbable clients and frustrating cases of his career: snakes with indigestion, alcoholic...
Pets and animals
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Author:Perrin, DavidSummary: - Author:Huckelbridge, DaneSummary:
Between 1900 and 1907, in the forested foothills of the Himalayas, a large Bengal tiger locals called the Champawat Man-Eater claimed 436 lives. Desperate for help, authorities appealed to Jim Corbett, a local hunter and officer in the...
- Author:Hartson, Tamara, Sheldon, IanSummary:
Concise descriptions of the animals and their tracks are combined with detailed drawings of the front and back prints, stride patterns and other important identifying aspects. A perfect guide for teachers, parents, hikers and urban...
- Author:Gehl, LauraSummary:
Meet nature's oddballs in this charming board book about some of the strangest animals in the world. Barnyard animals—move over! Odd Beasts introduces babies and toddlers to more unusual species, including the glass frog with...
- Author:Cotter, AndrewSummary:
The story of Olive and Mabel, Labrador retrievers who rose to internet fame as the subjects of Andrew Cotter's BBC sports parodies. When sporting events were put on hold in March 2020, commentator Andrew Cotter shifted to working...
- Author:Orlean, SusanSummary:
NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Magnificent." - The New York Times * "Beguiling, observant, and howlingly funny." - San Francisco Chronicle * "Spectacular." - Star Tribune (Minneapolis) * "Full of astonishments....
- Author:Gill, MariaSummary:
Discover which are our most threatened animals in New Zealand. From the beautiful forest ringlet butterfly to the down-right ugly southern elephant seal, the cheeky kakapo to the great white sharks, every one of the unique species in...
- Author:Hartson, Tamara, Sheldon, IanSummary:
Ontario Animal Tracks will help you identify tracks of all shapes and sizes, from the Deer Mouse to the White-tailed Deer. This book is perfect for children, teachers, parents, backwoods explorers and naturalists: * Excellent...
- Author:Kershaw, Linda, Bezener, Andy, Kagume, KristaSummary:
The Ontario Nature Guide lets you discover the wondrous diversity of nature that lies right outside your front door. Covering every inch of Ontario's incredibly varied landscape, this book teaches you to identify nearly 382 species of...
- Author:Francis, Daniel, Hewlett, GilSummary:
Winner of Foreword Magazine's Best Nature Non-Fiction Award.
In 1964 when the Vancouver Aquarium obtained its first killer whale, Moby Doll, the prevalent attitudes towards killer whales was that they were fierce and vicious man-...
- Author:Leiren-Young, MarkSummary:
Meet Onyx and the orcas of J pod, the world's most famous whales. Illustrated with stunning photos, this picture book introduces young readers to the orcas humans first fell in love with. The members of J pod live in the Salish Sea, off...
- Author:Leiren-Young, Mark, Nakatsuka, KellySummary:
Meet Onyx and the orcas of J pod, the world’s most famous whales. Illustrated with stunning photos, this picture book introduces young readers to the orcas humans first fell in love with. The members of J pod live in the Salish Sea, off...
- Author:Fiamengo, JaniceSummary:
Other Selves: Animals in the Canadian Literary Imagination begins with the premise, first suggested by Margaret Atwood in The Animals in That Country (1968), that animals have occupied a peculiarly central position in the Canadian...
- Author:Slaght, Jonathan C.Summary:
A field scientist and conservationist tracks the elusive Blakiston's Fish Owl in the forbidding reaches of eastern Russia When he was just a fledgling birdwatcher, Jonathan C. Slaght had a chance encounter with one of the most...
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Pawfiles presents a dog-by-dog glimpse at the personalities and character quirks behind some of her favorite subjects. In what other book of portraiture will you find a model bio that includes "chases rats and pigeons" followed by "...
- Author:Brookshire, BethanySummary:
An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals "pests" and others not--from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons--and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in...
- Author:Wojna, LisaSummary:
People often form strong attachments to the animals in their lives, and sometimes the connection is so deep that pets put their lives on the line for the ones they love: * Angel, a golden retriever belonging to 11-year-old Austin Forman...
- Author:Rivas, Mim Eichler, Shapiro, MelissaSummary:
When Connecticut veterinarian Melissa Shapiro gets a call about a tiny deaf blind puppy rescued from a hoarding situation in need of fostering, she doesn't hesitate to say, "yes." Little does she know how that decision...
- Author:Dalton, AnthonySummary:
Considered wise and powerful by the Inuit and other Native cultures, and celebrated in legend and literature, polar bears have become a charismatic symbol of animals threatened by climate change in the Arctic ecosystem. Yet for...
- Author:Wadsworth, GingerSummary:
How can dogs that sniff for excrement, urine, vomit, and mucus help protect animals from extinction?
In the race to save endangered animals, finding solutions now is critical. Scat-detection dogs like Wicket, Tucker, and Orbee...
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