Zoo vets collect some amazing, true storiesReviewer Allison Nugent, a copy editor for The Post and Courier
Sunday, August 17, 2008
THE RHINO WITH GLUE-ON SHOES: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients. Edited by Lucy H. Spelman and Ted Y. Mashima. Delacorte Press. 310 pages. $22. A giraffe in need of a leg brace, two weedy sea dragons that can't stay submerged, a pet goldfish with a tumor, an anorexic eel and a rhino with glue-on shoes. Veterinarians Lucy Spelman and Ted Mashima gather together a wide range of tales from vets around the world in "The Rhino With Glue-on Shoes: And Other Surprising True Stories of Zoo Vets and Their Patients." Though not all the stories have a happy ending, you will be entranced by the lengths these doctors go to for patients that might repay their efforts with a flying pile of pooh, a knockdown shove or a soaking. You will be in awe of a few of the stories, as some of the procedures performed in them are among the most groundbreaking in animal medicine, some leading to breakthroughs in treating humans. This amazing collection of stories will make you wish you had fulfilled your childhood dream of being a vet. |
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