Emergency Animal Rescue Stories - Hardcover

Terri Crisp

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0761517065 ISBN 13: 9780761517061

Publisher: Prima Lifestyles, 2000

Synopsis

Narrates the efforts of the California-based Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) to rescue all types of animals from floods, earthquakes, fires, and oil spills, and perform surgeries and life-saving techniques to save the animals.

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About the Author

Terri Crisp, executive director of the internationally known Emergency Animal Rescue Services, has been saving animals for more than 20 years. Hailed as "an American hero" by <I>Reader's Digest</I> and "One of the most inspiring women in America" by NBC News, her journey to rescue the pets, livestock, and wildlife left behind in times of catastrophe has taken her to forty-six disasters, including every type except a volcano. <br><br>Beginning in 1983 with the California floods at Alviso, Crisp's plans for becoming a high school art teacher took an amazing turn. After notoriety gained through the <I>San Jose Mercury News, Emergency Animal Rescue Services</I> was formed in 1987 with the help of The United Animal Nations. With Crisp as director, the program soon grew from an ambitious idea into a national dis

From the Inside Flap

o love animals comes this riveting account of an extraordinary, dedicated team of more than 3,500 trained volunteers. EARS (Emergency Animal Rescue Service) takes on the task that the Red Cross and other human-focused organizations simply can't: helping animals survive natural and man-made disasters. You will be moved by the courageous, poignant, and at times humorous stories, including:<br><br>• The desperate search by a 14-year-old girl to locate her missing cats<br>• Libby, the dog who was rescued from Texas oil fields and is now the official taste-tester at a dog bakery in California<br>• How a hoist saved a cow from raging Texas floodwaters<br>• The resourceful skunk who found his safe haven in a portable toilet<br>• How Bumpus, the fantastic, fearless feline, survived disfiguring burns and became a hero<br>• Plus many more!<br><br><br>The wrath of nature in the form of fire, flood, hurricane, or earthquake takes an enormous

Edition details

• Publisher: Prima Lifestyles
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0761517065
• ISBN 13: 9780761517061
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 367