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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) Black Hills
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Language
English
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In the rugged Black Hills of South Dakota, a childhood friendship matures into an adult passion when something ... or someone ... threatens Lil Chance and her dream to open a wildlife refuge. The heartless killing of Lil's beloved cougar and recollections of an unsolved murder catapult New York investigator Coop Sullivan into action to keep Lil safe.
Author
Series
Supernatural singles volume 2
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In April Asher's new Supernatural Singles novel, a one-night-stand between a willful witch and a broody half-demon conjures an adventure that wouldn't be complete without several magical mishaps. For her entire life, Rose Maxwell trained to become the next Prima on the Supernatural Council. Now that she's stepped down, it's time for this witch to focus on herself. And not think about her impulsive one-night stand with Damian Adams, a half-Demon Veterinarian...
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Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
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"2016. The Bright Side Sanctuary for Animals is in trouble. Ariel discovers that her mother Mona's animal sanctuary in Western Kansas has not only been the target of anti-Semitic hate crimes, it is also for sale, due to hidden financial ruin. Ariel, living a new life in progressive Lawrence, and estranged from her mother for six years, returns to her childhood home - and finds her first love, a ranch hand named Gideon, still working at the Bright...
Author
Publisher
Sleeping Bear Press
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Anju the Asian elephant recalls her childhood in Sumatra, and the American circuses and zoos in which she toiled for fifty years, when she is loaded into a trailer truck and taken to a sanctuary. Includes advice on helping elephants and "Elephant Q&A".
7) Go, goats!
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
143 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at what life is like at a farm sanctuary in upstate New York.
9) Tiger time
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Series
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
141 pages : color illustrations, map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Go inside Wild Animal Sanctuary in Colorado, where you will meet a tiger named Kamal, one of 500 animals who has been rescued and now lives in safety. Includes full-color photos, graphics, and maps"--
10) Rescue me
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Series
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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A rescued dog returns the favor in the latest Second Chance Romance from USA Today bestselling author of Shelter Me.
Detective AJ Parker left undercover work in Atlanta to join a small-town Tennessee police force, hoping for an easier workload and the solitude of his cabin. But the scars left by AJ's previous work are more difficult to escape than he thought...
Mary Hannah Gallo works with the Second Chance Ranch Animal...
Detective AJ Parker left undercover work in Atlanta to join a small-town Tennessee police force, hoping for an easier workload and the solitude of his cabin. But the scars left by AJ's previous work are more difficult to escape than he thought...
Mary Hannah Gallo works with the Second Chance Ranch Animal...
12) Business pig
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Publisher
Sterling Children's Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
32 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
Right from the start, everyone at the barnyard could tell Jasper wasn't like his siblings: "I believe what we have here is a gen-u-WINE Business Pig!" No wallowing in the mud or rooting for grubs for Jasper; he'd rather help with the bookkeeping or conduct a meeting. Though everyone at the animal sanctuary loves him, Jasper longs for a forever home. But no matter how many business cards he hands out, no one wants to adopt him. Can this above-average...
13) Little Larry goes to school: the true story of a timid chimpanzee who learned to reach new heights
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Series
Publisher
National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nonfiction picture book about a young, orphaned chimpanzee who must start at a new school, where he will learn how to climb and build his confidence. Will the sanctuary keepers and other chimpanzees be able to teach Little Larry how to climb so he can graduate from forest school?
14) Endangered
Author
Series
Ape quartet volume 1
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Sophie is not happy to be back in the Congo for the summer, but when she rescues an abused baby bonobo she becomes more involved in her mother's sanctuary--and when fighting breaks out and the sanctuary is attacked, it is up to Sophie to rescue the apes and somehow survive in the jungle.
16) Happily ever Esther: two men, a wonder pig, and their life-changing mission to give animals a home
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
228 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color portraits ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter, had their lives turned upside down when they adopted their "pig-daughter" Esther--the so-called micro pig who turned out to be a full-sized commercial pig, growing to a whopping 600 pounds. They moved and started a new life on the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary, to care for other animals and just live happily ever after... or so they thought. People often think about giving it all up and just moving to a farm. In...
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
202 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm
Language
English
Description
In Chiang Mai, Thailand, nine-year-old Tua releases an abused elephant from its chains--can she complete the rescue by getting it to an elephant refuge without being caught herself?
18) Music for tigers
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Publisher
Pajama Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
189 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Middle-schooler Louisa wants to spend the summer practicing violin for a place in the youth symphony, but is instead sent to the Tasmanian rainforest camp of her Australian relatives. There she learns that her family secretly protects the last of the supposedly extinct Tasmanian tigers. When an encroaching mining operation threatens the hidden sanctuary, Louisa realizes her music can help."--
19) Frisky business
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks Casablanca
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
347 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
There he is again. No more rich men for Marley Cartman. Absolutely not. Thanks to her dad, her ex-fiance, and the overbearing donors she schmoozes for a living, she's had more than her fill. From now on, she wants blue-collar men with dirt under their fingernails. But when Marley makes a break to handle donor relations for a wildlife sanctuary, she finds herself drawn to the annoyingly charming and disturbingly wealthy chairman of the board. The kind...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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"Pursuing your passion includes a whole lot of crap. For Bud DeYoung, that's about two hundred pounds a day! Since childhood, Bud had a passion for animals. As an adult, that passion led to the rescue of a bear who lived in his family's house, then more animals crowding for space, until Bud eventually built an entire private zoo around his home in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Along the way, a regular visitor named Carrie joined her passion for animals...
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