Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched
Author: Sutherland, Amy
ISBN: 9780143111948
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 29 May 2007
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
b>A rare and absolutely enchanting look inside the Harvard of wild animal wranglers/b> br>br> As is obvious to anyone who has read her most e-mailed i>New York Times/i> article of 2006, "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage," Amy Sutherland knows a thing or two about animals. In i>Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched/i>, she takes readers behind the gates of Moorpark Community College, where students are taught such skills as how to train a hyena to pirouette and coax a tiger to open wide for a vet exam. As she follows the faculty, student body, and four- footed teaching aides at Moorpark's Exotic Animal Training and Management program, Sutherland produces a true walk on the wild side, filled with wonder, comedy, occasional heartache, and transcendent beauty.
ISBN: 9780143111948
Publisher: Penguin Group USA
Year first published: 29 May 2007
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback / softback
b>A rare and absolutely enchanting look inside the Harvard of wild animal wranglers/b> br>br> As is obvious to anyone who has read her most e-mailed i>New York Times/i> article of 2006, "What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage," Amy Sutherland knows a thing or two about animals. In i>Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched/i>, she takes readers behind the gates of Moorpark Community College, where students are taught such skills as how to train a hyena to pirouette and coax a tiger to open wide for a vet exam. As she follows the faculty, student body, and four- footed teaching aides at Moorpark's Exotic Animal Training and Management program, Sutherland produces a true walk on the wild side, filled with wonder, comedy, occasional heartache, and transcendent beauty.
