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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"Evie is making her way to the Sanctuary, [a dog rescue program high atop a mountain]. She has lied to gain entry. She has pretended to know more than she does about dogs, but she is learning fast. Once the indomitable Mrs. Auberchon lets her pass, she will find her way. Like the racing greyhound who refuses to move, the golden retriever who returns to his job as the Sanctuary's butler every time he's adopted, and the Rottweiler who's a hopeless candidate...
2) Go, goats!
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English
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Learn all about goats from the rescue goats who live at Catskill Animal Sanctuary.
4) Uncaged
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Singular menace volume 1
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English
Description
"When an animal rights action at a research lab goes wrong, a terrible secret is exposed, and Shay must find her brother Odin before the researchers at Singular Corp can silence both of them"--
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English
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In April 1987, the last wild California condor was captured and taken into captivity along with the other twenty-six remaining birds of his kind. Having roamed the skies of what is now North and Central America for thousands of years, many people thought these remarkable, distinguished birds would never fly freely again. But never say never.
Publisher
Documentary Go
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
According to a Department of Justice estimate, police officers shoot and kill over 10,000 pet dogs in the US every year. It takes audiences on a journey with pet owners through the tragedy of loss and pursuit of change in a legal system in which the very officers they challenge are an integral part. %x;From SWAT raids to simple calls and even visits to wrong addresses, we are seeing more and more incidents of officers using lethal force against...
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English
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Invites readers inside the Orangutan Care Center and Quarantine, operated by Orangutan Foundation International, in the South Pacific jungles of Borneo. It explores why baby orangutans become orphaned and the process of healing and rehabilitating them for return to the wild. It also highlights the people who work at the rescue center and how they aid the animals.
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English
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Look out for Julie's new book, The Almost Legendary Morris Sisters.
The bestselling memoirist shows how saving a dog can sometimes help you save yourself.
The bestselling memoirist shows how saving a dog can sometimes help you save yourself.
Julie Klam writes about dogs with a rollicking wit and a radiating warmth-as no other writer can. In her bestselling memoir You Had Me at Woof, she shared the secrets of happiness she learned as an occasionally frazzled but always devoted owner of Boston terriers.
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Books for Disability Pride Month: Grades PreK-12
Tricky Topics: Talking About Disability with Children
Tricky Topics: Talking About Disability with Children
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Biography of a woman with autism who loved cows and changed the world.
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English
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Description
Meet the playful and beloved Southern Resident orcas and the people working to save them from extinction using tactics that vary from medicine and laws to drones and dogs. The endangered Southern Resident orcas whistle and click their way around the waters of the Pacific Northwest in three small family groups while facing boat noise, pollution, and scarce food. Superpod introduces young readers to the experts who are training scat-sniffing dogs, inventing...
16) The good diamond
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Series
Venus Diamond mysteries volume 7
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
17) Operation orca
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Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Language
English
Description
"Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose must solve a mystery when they go whale watching in Alaska"--
19) Whippoorwill
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Language
English
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In rural New Hampshire, sixteen-year-old Clair Taylor and her neighbor, eighteen-year-old Danny Stewart, fall into an unlikely relationship as they work together to save Wally, a loveable but mistreated dog kept chained in a junk-filled yard by Danny's cruel father.
20) Animal testing
Publisher
Greenhaven Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Animal testing continues to meet with strong opposition from animal rights groups and others. Few people are interested in harming animals, but the practice seems preferable to using human subjects. The truth is, medical research using animal testing has contributed to many important treatments and cures for humans. But what are the ethics of testing on animals, and is there an alternative? The viewpoints in this volume explore the reasons companies...
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