| Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched: Life and Lessons at the World's Premier School for Exotic Animal Trainers Contributor(s): Sutherland, Amy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143111949 ISBN-13: 9780143111948 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2007 Annotation: The author of "Cookoff" pens an invitation to the magical, grueling, and virtually unknown world of exotic animal training in this look at a world premier school at Californias Moorpark College. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Nature | Animals - Mammals - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Mammals - Technology & Engineering | Agriculture - Animal Husbandry |
| Dewey: 636.088 |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.54" W x 8.44" (0.67 lbs) 336 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A rare and absolutely enchanting look inside the Harvard of wild animal wranglers As is obvious to anyone who has read her most e-mailed New York Times article of 2006, What Shamu Taught Me About a Happy Marriage, Amy Sutherland knows a thing or two about animals. In Kicked, Bitten, and Scratched, 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. |