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"True Heartwarming Stories of animal escapes. Read about ... Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Pig. A pair of pigs headed for slaughter jumped off a ramp while being unloaded from a livestock truck. They squeezed through a fence and made a dash for freedom. Dora. A cow being sold for slaughter broke her neck rope at a cattle auction and escaped to a nearby woods. She lived there for a full summer fending for herself until rescue came. Little Orphan Andy....
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"Looks at what life is like at a farm sanctuary in upstate New York." --
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"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...
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"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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"When animals are rescued from abusive or confining situations, they are often brought to an animal sanctuary. Here they are reintroduced into their natural-world setting they might have never known before. Beautiful photographs, facts on sanctuaries around the country, text boxes and sidebars that give information and statistics of just how important the people who organize, oversee, and give these animals a second chance at life are all included...
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"Coco the Homeless Labradoodle is the story of a real dog whose brother was rescued already and now Coco needs a home. He needs a family. Bella and here nana meet Coco at the animal shelter and are concerned at what might happen to Coco. Read the book to find out what happens to Coco!"--Amazon.com
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"A baby owl is rescued and rehabilitated, and builds her own family, in this tender and wise picture book. In the spring of 2019, ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in little Alfie, a bedraggled Eastern Screech Owl chick who quickly became part of their family. With the Safinas' care and expertise, the little owl grew, learned to hunt on her own, and eventually found her own family in a mate and chicks. As time passed, Carl realized...
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"The Deepwater Horizon disaster sent millions of barrels of oil pouring into the Gulf of Mexico-straight into the water that is home to countless animals. The oil quickly coated the wings of the brown pelican, putting this already endangered species into even more risk. How were these animals rescued? Find out about the brave scientists who saved the oil-soaked birds in this graphic adventure of animal escapes. Then, learn more about other oil spills...
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"In a small pen in Georgia, an American black bear named Baloo, a lion named Leo, and a Bengal tiger named Shere Kahn all live happily together. Every day they play with their toys, chase each other around, and eat cookies together. This lion, tiger, and bear (oh my!) are best friends. The three animals were rescued 12 years ago from drug dealers who had abused and neglected them and brought to live at Noah's Ark Animal Sanctuary. The trainers there...
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