By Jennifer S. Holland
Not likely Friendships is the exceptional ny occasions bestseller that's spent forty four weeks at the record and has 615,000 copies in print. It's struck a chord with media, from CBS This Morning to united states at the present time, and Temple Grandin has praised it as "amazing. It exhibits the facility of friendship." Now its writer, Jennifer Holland, who writes approximately animal relationships with perception, compassion, and an excellent narrative contact, explores animal attachments that, in human phrases, can in simple terms be known as love.
Packed with attractive, breathtaking full-color photos, not going Loves is a party of affection among species. listed here are tales of parental love, just like the Dalmatian who moms a infant lamb—a lamb that simply occurs to be white with black spots! tales of playful love, together with the fox and the hound who develop into inseparable. And tales of orphaned animals who've chanced on family-like ties in unforeseen combos, just like the elephant who's bonded with sea lions, goats, and different animals in her walks round the Oregon Zoo.
Ms. Holland has interviewed scientists, zoologists, and animal caretakers from worldwide, monitoring down firsthand resources and eyewitnesses. The tales are written with journalistic integrity and detail—and continually jam-packed with the author's deep affection for her topics.
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The bird, a mallard duckling, was just a day old when a couple walking their dogs in a Yorkshire wood near Eggborough noticed her sitting alone on the ground. They decided to continue their stroll, hoping the mother duck would come back for the lost baby, but on the return the ball of fluff was still there—and this time she was about to become lunch for a fox. Eager to save her life, the couple scared off the predator and took the duckling to a local woman known to care for abandoned wildlife. When Annette Pyrah answered her door that day, she didn’t know a duckling was about to change her life.
Mindy says since Candy died, Woolf has begun showing special interest in her cat. Uh-oh. SHEPHERD–HUSKY The most decorated war dog of World War II, nam ed Chips, was a mix of the se two wonderful breeds. The O ld M a r e a n d t he D o g | 1 3 { Y o r k s h i r e , E n g l a n d , 2012} The Terrier and the Duckling I f a duck gets lost in the woods, will it make a sound? And if it does, will someone come to see what all the quacking is about? The answers in this case are yes, and yes. Very fortunate for little Fifty Pence, squeaking away on a wooded path, her life certainly headed for a swift end were it not for the kindness of strangers.
So Renata’s mom had agreed to take him. ) Before Guzik came, Bak had been trying to adapt to his blindness, with limited success. “He’d bump into everything, and seemed unhappy and helpless,” she recalls. But the goose that didn’t seem to like anyone decided to take the blind dog under his wing. Guzik now “tells” Bak when there’s food to be had and leads him to his bone and his water bowl. He wakes up the dog 32 | Un lik ely Loves in the morning and even helps the pup fulfill his “watchdog” duties.