Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Preface Where Hope Begins xiii
Chapter 1 A Place Like Nowhere Else 1
Chapter 2 It's a Himalayan! 8
Chapter 3 Confronting the Captive Wildlife Crisis 20
Chapter 4 Prairie Homecoming: A Sanctuary on the Move 40
Chapter 5 A True Sanctuary: Where Animals Set the Agenda 46
Chapter 6 Expansion and Education: The Mission Goes Sky High 55
Chapter 7 When You've Seen One Rescue...You've Seen One Rescue 68
Chapter 8 Around the World and Back Again: The Trials of International Rescues 88
Chapter 9 Bolivian Lions Come to Colorado 104
Chapter 10 Welcome Home Forever: Rehabilitation and Release 116
Chapter 11 Do Fence Me In: Habitats and Housing at the Sanctuary 133
Chapter 12 Caring for Carnivores 148
Chapter 13 The Doctor - and Dentist - Are In 160
Chapter 14 Happy Days (and Wild Nights) on the Walkway 175
Chapter 15 Into the Future: The Wild Animal Refuge 185
Chapter 16 Stopping the Captive Wildlife Crisis in Its Tracks 196
Chapter 17 Forever Wild, Forever Home 202
Epilogue And Texas Makes Three! 206
Notes on Sources and Further Reading 207