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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 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.
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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