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Of Moose And Men - Nearly Everything You Wanted to Know about the World's Largest Deer (Paperback, New): Jerry Haigh Of Moose And Men - Nearly Everything You Wanted to Know about the World's Largest Deer (Paperback, New)
Jerry Haigh
R627 R548 Discovery Miles 5 480 Save R79 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Whether you're a wildlife specialist, an avid hunter, or an armchair veterinarian, Of Moose and Men provides a wealth of information about moose from all corners of the world. Follow Jerry Haigh on his adventures with moose both tame and wild, and get an overview of moose biology, including their specialized diet and the relationship between sex and antlers -- where size really does matter. The book also covers the history of moose on Earth and the marked fluctuations in populations that have occurred over time. There are accessible chapters on moose diseases, moose and traffic, moose as a resource, and the surprising uses of moose as pets and dairy animals.

The Trouble with Lions - A Glasgow Vet in Africa (Paperback): Jerry Haigh The Trouble with Lions - A Glasgow Vet in Africa (Paperback)
Jerry Haigh; Foreword by Jane Goodall
R808 Discovery Miles 8 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The trouble with lions is that while you are conducting a pregnancy test, you need to be equally, if not more, aware of what you can learn from the lion's other end. That is one lesson that Jerry Haigh brings home in this fascinating collection of stories about working with wild animals in Africa. Conversational in tone, conservational in theme--you will be right beside Jerry, wife Jo, and a colourful cast of vets, guides, and wardens as they scour Africa's sprawling vistas "troubleshooting" lions, rhinos, humans, and other indigenous mammals. Conservationists, veterinarians, and fans of real-life adventure tales will want to keep this memoir handy on the dashboards of their Land Cruisers.

Wrestling With Rhinos - The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya (Paperback): Jerry Haigh Wrestling With Rhinos - The Adventures of a Glasgow Vet in Kenya (Paperback)
Jerry Haigh
R627 R556 Discovery Miles 5 560 Save R71 (11%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Imagine it's 1965, and you've just fulfilled a boyhood ambition and graduated from the vet college in Glasgow, Scotland. The very next week you find yourself in Kenya, treating wild animals. This is what happened to Dr. Jerry Haigh, who in Wrestling with Rhinos takes us deep into the post-independence Kenya of 1965, and shows us what things were like until he left ten years later for a teaching post in Canada. Dealing with a 17 foot tall lame giraffe was an early challenge, as there had not been many giraffes in the teaching pool at Glasgow. A fall back on common sense, with the help of the owner and a knowledge of cattle medicine helped to create a cure. Along the way, he encountered traditional domestic animal patients as well as rhinos, elephants, wildebeest, lemurs and pelicans. Among them was Joy Adamson's cheetah, and we get a first-hand glimpse of their Born Free experiences. While living in a country just making the transition from colonial status to independence, Jerry also met President Jomo Kenyatta and treated his cattle. Threaded through the text are observations -- sometimes hilarious, sometimes scurrilous, sometimes poignant -- on the social scene in Kenya, peppered with reminiscences about his soldier father, for whom the Kenya of World War II was a very different place. In the final chapters, Jerry documents his perspective on human/wildlife conflicts, and looks ahead hopefully into the future.

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