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Becoming Sensitized to Animals in Books

Critter News

Over the years, I've noticed that the role of animals jumps out at me in any book I read. It's a book by Tracy Kidder about Dr. Paul Farmer, an international health advocate who made his name from his work in Haiti and his fight against Multi-Drug Resistant Tuberculosis (MDR). The cockfights that are so popular in Haiti.

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Unlikely Healer Walks on Three Paws

4 The Love Of Animals

He was named the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) Cat of the Year for 2010, and he has authored two critically acclaimed books. The books teach children tolerance and resilience.They have been translated into Spanish and one into Creole. Dolly told her story in the book “What About Me?

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We Interrupt Regularly Scheduled.

Animal Person

In writing my new book Hoodwinked (Random House, Nov 2009 publication date), I recently visited Central America. Haiti and Honduras have always set the bottom line for minimum wages. The big companies are determined to stop what they call a ‘leftist revolt’ in this hemisphere.

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