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"The Call of the Wild," by Jack London, is one of America's best-known novels. Currently published in more than twenty separate editions in English alone, this novel about the Klondike Gold Rush of 1896 to 1899 has been continuously in print since it first appeared in 1903. Many editions of "The Call of the Wild" have distorted the original text: the violence is modified, the language is sanitized, and the punctuation and spelling are modernized....
3) Angels on a school bus: how a community of volunteers saved two hundred German Shepherds and Huskies
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Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform]
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An investigation of ways in which man violates the animal world and examination of role played by various societies throughout the world in protection of animals.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2023]
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,...
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Publisher
Pavilion
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
This guide for older children and young teenagers demystifies the morals and ethics around animals, wildlife and the environment. How can we follow a cruelty-free diet? What are the ethics around pet ownership? What are the issues around show animals—zoos, circuses, and holiday attractions? Why are insects important? This essential book teaches us how to question ourselves, our family, our friends, and society, and make the right choices to...
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English
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The extraordinary story of one man who has driven more than one million miles to rescue thousands of dogs from hunger, abuse, and neglect and give them a second chance at life and love. For years Greg Mahle struggled to keep the last of his family-run restaurants afloat in Ohio. When it finally closed, he was broke and unsure what to do next. Then a stranded vanload of puppies changed his life forever. Join journalist Peter Zheutlin as he travels...
Author
Publisher
Unplug and Create
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
When Cowboy the Jersey steer grows too big to be kept as a pet, his original owner finds him a safe, new home at Second Chance Ranch. After a carroty welcome from the kind Farm Lady, he's excited to meet the rest of the family--goats, alpacas, donkeys, horses, and more!--but for some reason they all run away at the sight of him. Thankfully, he soon meets Bentley, a friendly, wise potbellied pig, who encourages him to think of his size as a positive...
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English
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In countless fascinating ways, our relationship with animals is an essential part of the human experience. Now, one of the world's leading champions of animal welfare offers a dramatic examination of our age-old bond to all creatures. Wayne Pacelle explores the many ways animals contribute to our happiness and well-being, and he reveals scientists' newfound understanding of their remarkable emotional and cognitive capacities. Pacelle also takes on...
11) Shiloh
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Series
Shiloh quartet volume 1
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.
12) Rescue
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Publisher
Boyds Millls Press, an imprint of Highlights
Pub. Date
©2018
Language
English
Description
When Chess moves near Joni, their differing opinions have Joni defending her family's farm, and she must find the courage to stand up to Chess when she decides to "rescue" the minature horses from a nearby farm.
13) Massacre pond
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Series
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English
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Investigating the senseless slaughter of five moose found on the estate of a wealthy animal rights activist, game warden Mike Bowditch finds the controversial case turning more sinister when the activist's daughter is killed in a suspicious accident.
14) See no evil
Publisher
Film Ideas Inc
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Portrays the daily life of three famous elderly apes who spend their days in retirement, Cheeta of Tarzan fame, Kanzi, star pupil of ape linguistic studies, and a NASA space chimp now partially paralyzed. These intelligent cousins, reflect on their life with homo sapiens in a sometimes bitter, poetic recapture of the strange but intriguing relationships.
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Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
This work evaluates the stance of animal-using scientists in the positivist tradition. It shows how this stance leads to the denial of the existence of animal consciousness and pain, and shows how this denial must be changed if science is to be both coherent and morally responsible.
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Publisher
Bearport Pub
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
When disaster strikes, people aren't the only ones in danger. In January 2010, a huge earthquake hit southern Haiti. Two small dogs named Bella and Deiter were inside their owner's apartment. Amazingly, this was not their first time in a natural disaster. About five years earlier, they had been rescued from separate homes in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Would they be lucky enough to survive once again?
Look inside to meet the everyday heroes...
17) Lost & Found
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English
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An unforgettable tale of love, loss, and moving on-with the help of one not-so-little dog...
After the death of her husband, Rocky flees to Peak's Island, a tiny speck off the coast of Maine, a million miles away from everything she's lost. Taking a job as an Animal Warden, Rocky meets Lloyd, a large Labrador retriever, who enters her world with a primitive arrow sticking out of his shoulder. And so begins a remarkable friendship between a wounded...
18) Okja
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Korean
Description
Mija is a South Korean girl growing up on an Edenic mountainside with her grandfather and best friend: Okja, a giant, empathetic 3super pig4 created as part of a secret GMO experiment. When Okja is abruptly torn away from her, Mija embarks on a perilous rescue mission that places her at the center of a sinister corporate conspiracy. While Bong2s trademark virtuosic set-pieces dazzle, Okja2s beating heart is the connection between a girl and her super...
19) Gray Wolves
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Language
English
Description
Updated for 2020, beautiful photos and text examine the issues endangered gray wolves face and how they can be saved.
20) Oink!
Publisher
Synergetic Distribution
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
When nine-year-old Babs receives a pig named Oink as a present from her grandfather, she convinces her parents to keep it. But her parents are not the biggest threat to Oink because her grandfather is secretly taking part in the sausage competition with her pet on the chopping block.
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