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Author
Publisher
Get Lifted Books, a Zando imprint
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
Growing up in the diverse and bustling California Bay Area, renowned wildlife ecologist Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant always felt worlds away from the white male adventurers she watched explore the wilderness on TV. She dreamed of a future where she could spend sleepless nights under the crowded canopies of the Amazon and the starry skies of the savanna. But as Rae set off on her own expeditions in the wild, she saw nature's delicate balance in a new light....
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.4 - AR Pts: 3
Language
English
Description
Traces the work of two wildlife veterinarians who protect and chart the lives of Assateague Island's wild horses, describing their shared efforts to balance the horses' ecosystem and raise awareness.
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this wonderous and eye-opening exploration, Steve Searles, the reknown and respected "Bear Whisperer" of Mammoth Lakes, takes the reader on a journey into the lives of these remarkable creatures and the world we share. In the late 1990s, the town of Mammoth Lakes, California hired Steve Searles as a hunter to cull half its troublesome bear population. But as he began to prepare for the grim task, the bears soon won him over, and Searles realised...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
The renowned cat conservationist reflects on his early childhood struggles with a speech disorder, describing how he only spoke fluently when he was communicating with animals and how he resolved at a young age to find his voice to be their advocate.
6) Cougars on the cliff: one man's pioneering quest to understand the mythical mountain lion, a memoir
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Maurice Hornocker is recognized worldwide as the first scientist to unravel the secrets of America's most enigmatic predator-the mountain lion. This is a gripping account of the never-before-told adventures, challenges, and controversies surrounding his groundbreaking study of cougars in the remote reaches of the Idaho Primitive Area"--
Author
Publisher
Farrar Straus Giroux
Pub. Date
2019.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"From Geisel Honor winning author/illustrator Paul Meisel comes Anna & Samia, the true story of a wildlife conservationist and the baby rhinoceros she adopts. When infant rhino Samia finds herself all alone in the vast Kenyan rhino sanctuary, conservationist Anna Merz knows just what to do. Little by little, she helps Samia feel warm and at home, snuggling with the black rhino in her bed, deciphering every snort and eek, and giving Samia baths to...
Author
Publisher
Island Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
To escape the tough streets of Southeast Washington, D.C. in the late 1980s, young Rodney Stotts would ride the metro to the Smithsonian National Zoo. There, the bald eagles and other birds of prey captured his imagination for the first time. In Bird Brother, Rodney shares his unlikely journey to becoming a conservationist and one of America's few Black master falconers. Rodney grew up during the crack epidemic, with guns, drugs, and the threat of...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Cathedral of the Wild is Varty's memoir of his life in the exquisite and vast refuge of the Londolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. At Londolozi, Varty gained the confidence that emerges from living in Africa. 'We came out strong and largely unafraid of life,' he writes, 'with the full knowledge of its dangers.' It was there that young Boyd and his equally adventurous sister learned to track animals, raised leopard and lion cubs, followed their larger-than-life...
Author
Series
Elephant whisperer volume 3
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Françoise Malby-Anthony's The Elephants of Thula Thula is a powerful, gripping story about an extraordinary herd of elephants and the woman dedicated to keeping them safe. 'Somehow, the elephants got into my soul, and it became my life's work to see them safe and happy. There was no giving up on that vision, no matter how hard the road was at times.' Françoise Malby-Anthony is the owner of a game reserve in South Africa with a remarkable family...
Author
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
A proprietor from a Washington State wildlife sanctuary shares true stories about some of the most remarkable animals she has worked with, including a mother cat and kittens who were shot with a pellet gun, a bear who was targeted by a poacher, and Pete, the feline co-author of three of her books.
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Griffin
Pub. Date
2012, c2009
Language
English
Description
"When Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival and in order to save their lives, Anthony took them in" -- Back cover.
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