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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Some animals have a harder time growing up than others. This certainly was the case for Nitro, the blind tiger, Ethereal the albino bat, and Suzie, Bob, and Caleb, three monkeys down on their luck in the heart of Kentucky. These stories show how humans sometimes step in to help these animals and how important it is for those who house wild animals know how to safely and correctly care for them and others. The three monkeyteers shows some of the...
5) Go, goats!
Author
Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Looks at what life is like at a farm sanctuary in upstate New York.
Author
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
In the icy waters of the Pacific, a massive humpback whale unexpectedly finds herself tangled in a net abandoned by fishermen. When a rescue boat and a convoy of divers arrive to help the struggling humpback, a realistic and moving encounter bridges the human and aquatic worlds.
Author
Publisher
Margaret K. McElderry Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Pickles is a pig, rescued as a wee one and now living it up at his forever home. But one day Pickles becomes very sick. His only hope? One big sow with an even bigger heart on a faraway farm...but will she get to Pickles in time? Learn the true story about one extraordinary pig and his savior in this inspiring photographic picture book! -- from Amazon.
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Publisher
Sylvan Dell Publishing
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Follow the photographic journey of orphaned polar bear Kali (pronounced Cully) as he is rescued and whisked away to the Inupiat village of Kali (Point Lay in English). Villagers care for him until a plane flies him to the Alaska Zoo in Anchorage. There, he grows and learns skills from zookeepers filling in for his mother. Since young cubs need companionship, animal experts find a friend for Kali, Luna, a female polar bear, at the Buffalo Zoo in New...
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Series
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
"In 14-year-old Aaron's village in Zambia, poaching for ivory is common practice, and elephants are feared because of the danger they pose to humans and the damage they often cause to crops so important to the villagers' livelihoods. But when Aaron encounters a newborn elephant in distress, his instinct is not to run away, but to jump to its rescue. This is the beginning of a beautiful bond of friendship and a meaningful vocation. This moving story,...
Author
Publisher
Adventure Publications
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
The true story of an injured owl's recovery and return to nature Greta the Great Horned Owl is out hunting mice. She has no idea that her life is about to change forever. A train strikes her, severely injuring her wing and leg. A rescue team brings her to a wildlife rehabilitation center-and this is just the beginning of her story. Will surgery save her wing? Can Greta learn to fly again? Her only hope of returning to the wild is to prove that she...
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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When a young orca was spotted alone in Puget Sound, no one knew where she’d come from, but they knew it was dangerous for her to be left there alone. Scientists and researchers from two countries had to work together to determine where the orca came from, and then to decide how to save her. The riveting story is told by Donna Sandstrom, a citizen volunteer with the rescue effort. From identifying the orca as a missing calf named Springer, to transporting...
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