4 The Love Of Animals

OCTOBER 8, 2010

A New York Times story that ran in 2001 about a homeless dog wandering around a suburban part of New York City, struck a chord with me. It took nine years for my picture book, THE BLUE HOUSE DOG, (Peachtree Publishers/August 1, 2010) to come out. Dogs find their way inside you, and you want to keep them there,” Cody says.

Dogs 100

Dogs Homelessness Stray Dog Wounded 100

10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

This non-technical book is a development from a series of lectures, tried and tested in numerous adult education courses given to non-specialists. What I mostly look for in this book is how to understand those behaviours, how to interpret them. “Understanding Animal Behaviour” by Rory Putman.

Animal 114

Animal Bears Stray Dog Blackbirds 114

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The single greatest challenge facing any book of science writing is balance. In each instance they start with a striking anecdote — my particular favorite took place on the University of Montana campus, where in 1964 an American Crow learned to call and taunt stray dogs into causing perhaps the most adorable college riots of the decade.

Humane 139

Humane Emotional Stray Dog Science 139

4 The Love Of Animals

APRIL 20, 2012

Especially it is associated with dogs, which may raise kids of other species and even of scary and dangerous representatives of wildlife! Dogs are likely to be true-born wet-nurses; in particular, it is related to whelp dogs, which are often used as step-mothers for young predators in the Zoos.

Badgers 100

Badgers Tigers Zoos Porcupines 100