From the author of Through Animalsβ Eyes come more true stories from the rare perspective of someone who not only cares for the animals she treats, but also has never wanted nor tried to tame or change them. Lynn Cuny founded Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation (WRR) in 1977 in her backyard in San An
Through Animals' Eyes: True Stories from a Wildlife Sanctuary
β Scribed by Lynn Marie Cuny
- Publisher
- Univ of North Texas Pr
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
In 1977 Cuny founded a wildlife sanctuary near San Antonio, Texas, to provide rescue, rehabilitation, and release of orphaned, injured, and displaced wildlife. Her brief stories are often touching, such as when she describes a young raccoon, rescued from a fire, self-medicating its burned paws with aloe vera plants; or two crab-eating macaques, confined inside a research facility for eighteen years, experiencing the outdoors for the first time. Natural History , Bookshelf, March 1999. Heartwarming tales of rescued creatures are presented in this collection of vignettes from a large wildlife rehabilitation center in Texas. Over the last 20 years, Cuny has run Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, which she founded to rescue orphaned, injured, and displaced wildlife. The center also provides permanent homes for animals too disabled to be released, as well as nonnative wildlife rescued from the exotic pet trade. The center takes in more than 5,000 animals each year. The history of each animal--from a tiny newborn field mouse to a black bear--is told in a few pages and illustrated with photos. . . .Cuny's love for her charges shines through in her stories. The large audience for animal tales of this sort makes this a recommended title, and maybe readers will be sensitized to the problems our species creates for other animals. --Booklist, Nancy Bent, February 15, 1999. "The day we met she was feeding five beautiful yearlings intravenously, who surely would have died from dehydration, while she simultaneously supervised the feeding of skunks, possums, squirrels--you name it. She is selfless and dauntless in her battle to rescue and rehabilitate animals. I feel privileged to know her and serve on her board. There are few better qualified to look through the eyes of an animal. It is a beautiful, touching book." --Loretta Swit, actress "Through Animals' Eyes not only entertains the reader with some amazing stories, but reminds us that human compassion can and should turn outward to embrace the animal world. Once I started reading it, I couldn't put it down. Lynn Cuny's work has made a difference; her stories will too." --Max Oelschlaeger, McAllister Chair in Community Culture and Environment, Northern Arizona University, author of The Idea of Wilderness
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