A Home Away from Home: True Stories of Wild Animal Sanctuaries

A Home Away from Home: True Stories of Wild Animal Sanctuaries

by Nicholas Read
A Home Away from Home: True Stories of Wild Animal Sanctuaries

A Home Away from Home: True Stories of Wild Animal Sanctuaries

by Nicholas Read

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Overview

An informative book for middle-grade readers about sanctuaries across North America that rescue wild animals and provide them with safe places to live.

Years ago, most major cities in North America had zoos full of exotic or wild animals in tiny cages. It was also not uncommon for wild animals to be kept as pets or trained to perform in circuses. Today, we have a different way of looking at animals and deciding if and how they should be kept in captivity. There are still zoos and aquariums, of course, but the best ones are more concerned with protecting animals than putting them on display. There is also a different sort of organization—the animal sanctuary—which provides comfortable homes for animals that have been housed in unaccredited zoos or caught up in the illegal exotic-animal trade. Sanctuaries are never a substitute for the wild, but they are the next best thing.

A Home Away from Home tells the true stories of animals that live in sanctuaries across North America, from the tragic tale of Moby Doll, the first orca held in captivity in Vancouver, to the inspiring story of Thika, Toka, and Iringa, three elephants who travelled from a tiny zoo enclosure to a sprawling acreage in Sacramento, California. Often entertaining and sometimes sad, this book is an eye-opening read for children who care about the welfare of animals and want to know more about the organizations that help them.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781772032192
Publisher: Heritage House Publishing
Publication date: 01/26/2021
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.25(d)
Age Range: 12 Years

About the Author

Nicholas Read is a retired journalist who worked at the Vancouver Sun for most of his career, and a journalism instructor who taught at Langara College for ten years. He is the author (with photographer Ian McAllister) of several bestselling children’s books, including Wolf Island, The Seal Garden, A Whale’s World, The Great Bear Sea, and The Salmon Bears.

Table of Contents

Author's Note v

Introduction: Out of Place 1

1 The High Cost of Caring 9

2 Our Closest Cousins 21

3 Monkey Business 35

4 Fur, Fangs, and Claws 49

5 Scaly Survivors 63

6 A Problem the Size of an Elephant 75

7 For the Birds 87

8 Swimming Pool Prisons 99

Conclusion: You Can Help, Too 113

Acknowledgements 115

Sources and Further Reading 117

Index 119

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