Annotation A zookeeper's extraordinary relationship with the bears she has rehabilitated and her insights into their behavior and emotional lives. Few people know bears as intimately as Else Poulsen. She has raised bears, comforted bears, taught bears, learned from bears, had bears communicate their needs to her, and nursed bears back to health. This remarkable book reveals the many insights about bears and their lives that she has gained through her work with them. In the eighties, Poulsen became a zookeeper in Calgary, where she rehabilitated bears in crisis. She has shared in the joy of a polar bear discovering soil under her paws for the first time in twenty years, felt the pride of a cub learning to crack nuts with her molars, and grieved at the horror of captivity for Asian black bears in China. Smiling Bearsprovides an enlightening and moving portrait of bears in all their richness and complexity and of Poulsen's exhilarating work with them.
Two women. One shocking wartime secret. And a family mystery just waiting to be discovered... Berlin Zoo, 1943: Ten-year-old Adelaide and her newborn sister are orphaned after a devastating night of bombing. Heartbroken and frightened, Adelaide runs to her mother's closest friend, Katharina Heinroth, and the kind zookeeper takes the two little girls under her protection. As the bombing intensifies, Adelaide tries to shut out the horrors of war by caring for her tiny sister and playing with the adorable baby monkeys. But when Katharina organises a dangerous operation to enable children and animals to escape the battle-scarred city, something goes wrong. And Adelaide has to promise her adopted mother to keep a shocking secret. A secret that will change Adelaide's life forever. Berlin Zoo, 2019: Bethan Taylor notices the elderly lady sitting on the bench next to her seems confused, her thoughts flitting between past and present. Ada talks of her childhood, played out in an underground bunker beneath the animal enclosures during the war. As Ada's story unfolds, Bethan is surprised to hear a name she recognises... Katharina Heinroth is at the top of a list of German names Bethan found in a hidden compartment of her late mother's jewellery box. Bethan's father couldn't tell her anything about the crumpled piece of paper and she's been searching for the meaning ever since. As the two women are brought together by the pain of the past can they help each other to heal? And after decades of silence, can Ada help Bethan to uncover a long-buried family mystery? An unforgettable and heart-wrenching novel of a brave orphan girl and a shocking wartime secret. Inspired by a true WW2 story and perfect for fans of Orphan Train, The Tattooist of Auschwitz and The Alice Network.
When Will steps through a mysterious portal at the zoo he's transported into the World of the Night Zoo, and thrust into an incredible adventure. Bestowed with a Zookeeper's uniform and a magical teleporting torch, he's tasked with protecting the Zoo's inhabitants from the evil Lord of Nulth,and his army of robotic spiders, the Voids. In this, the first of many adventures, Will is introduced to the Zoo's friendlier creatures - the glowing Night Butterflies, Bumbling Bees, and he even makes friends with a spying giraffe called Sam. But Will faces his first real test when the Voids attack, does he really have what it takes to bethe Night Zookeeper and save his new friends? From the creators of NightZookeeper.com, a website that makes learning fun, inspires creativity, and engages children with a magical story.
Boys' Life is the official youth magazine for the Boy Scouts of America. Published since 1911, it contains a proven mix of news, nature, sports, history, fiction, science, comics, and Scouting.
While observing trainers of exotic animals, journalist Amy Sutherland had an epiphany: What if she used their techniques with the human animals in her own life–specifically her dear husband, Scott? As Sutherland put training principles into action, she noticed that not only did her twelve-year-old marriage improve, but she herself became more optimistic and less judgmental. What started as a goofy experiment had such good results that Sutherland began using the training techniques with all the people in her life, including her mother, her friends, her students, even the clerk at the post office. Full of fun facts, fascinating insights, hilarious anecdotes, and practical tips, What Shamu Taught Me About Life, Love, and Marriage reveals the biggest lesson Sutherland learned: The only animal you can truly change is yourself.
The Zoo Keeper’s Daughter By: Pat Alleyne The Zoo Keeper’s Daughter is about a young girl name Milky who lives with her parents. Milky, who lives on the other side of the world, cannot understand why her dreams are tormented with shadows of black cats and a boy with blue eyes, though she is always protected by African elephants. Later in life, she is confronted in her dream by the angel Nadine. Milky has heard her name before, in a séance that was done when she was a very young girl. But, this time, the angel comes with a message: that Milky is the chosen one. Sean’s life is different. At a very young age, he lost his missionary parents in Africa. A war had broken out among the tribes and many lives and animals were consumed by fire and bloodshed. Sean was found in the jungle unconscious and was housed in a hospital tent. After time had passed, the war was over. Sean was lucky to be adopted and brought to England. Growing up in England, he soon discovered he had magical powers, which he kept a secret. There is another thing Sean starts to experience—his dreams of meeting a beautiful brown-skinned girl by the name of Milky. But he found himself laughing and saying it is only a dream. But later, as Sean became older and came to America to complete his education, he finally meets the girl of his dreams. That’s when their adventure started. For those of you who fancy angels, you will most definitely fall in love with Milky and Sean. They will enhance your life with their great adventure.
As species extinction, environmental protection, animal rights, and workplace safety issues come to the fore, zoos and aquariums need keepers who have the technical expertise and scientific knowledge to keep animals healthy, educate the public, and create regional, national, and global conservation and management communities. This textbook offers a comprehensive and practical overview of the profession geared toward new animal keepers and anyone who needs a foundational account of the topics most important to the day-to-day care of zoo and aquarium animals. The three editors, all experienced in zoo animal care and management, have put together a cohesive and broad-ranging book that tackles each of its subjects carefully and thoroughly. The contributions cover professional zookeeping, evolution of zoos, workplace safety, animal management, taxon-specific animal husbandry, animal behavior, veterinary care, public education and outreach, and conservation science. Using the newest techniques and research gathered from around the world, Zookeeping is a progressive textbook that seeks to promote consistency and the highest standards within global zoo and aquarium operations.
After an all-night life changing adventure at Dhruva Research Center, Trombay (Science Fair, Anushakti Nagar), Bodhisattva's lifelong crush Ashlesha disappears. Her disappearance brings many layers to the story. The police and military start searching for her. Revealing that night, Bodhi and Ashlesha ran into India's best scientist Ranghnathan Rao lab. She discovers that scientist is in danger and tries to help him but he dies leaving a life-changing legacy in her hands. She disappears after that, saying not to reveal anything to anyone about what happened to Bodhi. This incident becomes the topmost breaking news in the military and agency as a national security issue. Ashlesha is never found and Bodhi becomes the only key to find her. Everyone wants to know about her. Bodhi recalls his only crush Ashlesha’s story to everyone. Ashlsha and Bodhi are neighbours, both come from military background. Ashlesha is open minded and Bodhi is introvert. She just doesn't talk, she lives life instantly. She creates events that make things happen around her like life is full of surprises and joy. She hates politics, boundaries, rules everywhere. She breaks them in her own way; that's how Bodhi met her. He becomes her routine in all kinds of mess she creates: partying. sleep-over, racing and even making him fight with others. His unrequited love story is not that she doesn't know. She knows that he loves her madly but he is not her type she just accepts things as they are. So from school to college these two are best in their own best. After she disappears, Bodhi joins the military to continue research and find her. 9 years later, Bodhisattva, a Military Researcher and Biologist, gets posted into Kerala's rainforest, on an assignment to find an endangered species where he finds Ashlesha working as a zoo keeper. The Journey of two star-crossed lovers, who wander in search of love, life and adventure falls into the twin flame movement which happens once in a lifetime. Bodhi's one sided love starts blossoming again which ignites a spark in Ashlesha's heart. But with thousands of questions running inside his mind about her disappearance, he finds some hidden secrets which takes their story on the edge of life and death. Bodhi finds out that Ashlesha was in connection with a Chinese agent who cheated her. The formula she got from scientist is a human gene hybrid mutilation decoder that helps regrow body parts like plants do. This can bring revolution to the world. Because of the fear they both have inside about decoding the DNA extractor, keep them guessing about each other. Ashlesha has always been a step ahead of everyone in this matter. She not only saved the formula from others, she decoded long ago. She kept her identity changed and worked as a doctor in the forest in Kerala. Meanwhile Interpol sends a message that there is a golden gang which works for China has planted some agents as locals making face morphing. There is a plant that has grown in Kerala forest which is helpful to create the hybrid from DNA extractor. These people are trying to do the experiment. Interpol wants him to find out about them and stop them doing so. This new development triggers both of them to reveal the truth about Ashlesha's past and Bodhi's plan. They have to stop and find them before they reach Ashlesha and Bodhi. Interpol sends an agent to help Bodhi in the mission. An informer meets Bodhi and tells him about a local gang that works in smuggling, and may have kept the Chinese agents. They tried to do the DNA extraction experiments in the forest recently. This breaks the ice and Ashlesha, Bodhi. Informer along with new backup agent Kamya go to town in different ways to dig more about them. But destiny has different plans altogether. Chinese government announces that they are leaving the Indian agent who they have misunderstood and captured years ago. He is none other than the same guy Ashlesha once lived with and has relations with. He comes back to India to the same town to the same house Ashlesha lives in, saying he is her husband. He is a national hero who locals believe he has won and came back from China without giving any information to the Chinese . Ashlesha and Bodhi, along with others, become wanted in the reverse of the local people's minds and everyone wants them or kills them. In between this, Bodhi has to choose his love or his country. Is love bigger than nation??? Is sacrifice bigger than love? Find out soon !
Nuthouse Love, the one and only spin off of Kenny Attaways novel Slum Beautiful, is a critical, up front; passionate oozing documented real life experiences of Rasheeda Sade Griffin and her three best friends Mesh, Bay and Nika plight to find true and meaningful love. But in their plight of finding true love the young girls then woman engages in physical, emotional, spiritual, financial and social abuse shared by themselves, other woman and the men they become in unisome with. Unluckily throughout the sails in the winds of love self worth they discover not only the harsh reality of hurt, pain and agonies of domestic abuse, but they slip and fall in the egg yolk of their imperfections and insecurities. Regardless of the unforgettable mishaps of her close friends, others involved in her life; including supporting confidants Monica, Mrs. Cent and college friends and herself, she continues her voyage to the point of no return. Nuthouse not only details the experiences, trials and tribulations of many of the woman, but the harsh realism of the black mans fears, misguidance social and emotional troubles and enigmas as he/their boyfriends take them through at first hand experience that theyd refer to as the nuthouse and nuthouse love. The nuthouse term becomes symbolic for not only the feelings emerged from type of men the woman date and become evolved with, but a nickname for an actual place several of the characters visit in the impatient facility for abused woman Love Lockdown. Rich in detail, filled with angelic landscapes of unforgettable real life realities and mournful endings-Nuthouse Love is a must read.
